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Thread: Wheelie productive day ....
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5th September 2009, 07:40 PM #1
Wheelie productive day ....
Its taken a while but I have managed to get through a batch of wheels. All made from Merbau decking (thicknessed down just below the reeds), cut out with the Carbitool wheel cutter and then individually sanded on the lathe ..... last count it was around 200 with 4 lost to the dust collector during the sanding stage .......
Bad thing is they have all been used already and I am still short.Now proudly sponsored by Binford Tools. Be sure to check out the Binford 6100 - available now at any good tool retailer.
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5th September 2009, 07:49 PM #2
Thats a lot of wheels. You must have been wheely tired by the time you did all those.
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Cheers John
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5th September 2009, 09:41 PM #3
What are you using all those wheels on Stinky? have you any pics?
OH Yeh Munruben.That was a Wheely bad joke you rolled out.Back To Car Building & All The Sawdust.
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5th September 2009, 09:42 PM #4Skwair2rownd
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Wheely got a roll on didn't you?
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6th September 2009, 07:16 PM #5
wheels wheels everywhere
nice wheels, how does the carbatec cutter go? thinking of getting one myself.
I thought its large diameter might make it shudder a bit on the outer areas or burn/drag a bit.
You must be building a fleet to use all them.
ps. turn down the suction on your dust collector before you getted pulled in yourself
cheers billy
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8th September 2009, 09:26 PM #6
I will post some better pics in a separate post on the weekend when they are all finished ...... imagine this one with 9x friends
Hi Billy ...... the cost hurt a bit but it quickly pays for itself if you need enough wheels. So far it has worked well .... experience will tell you that it is best to thickness the timber to close to the exact thickness as the wheel .... otherwise you end up having to cut them out with the bandsaw and then sanding the centre of the tire on the lathe.
I have the new design with the small protruding section in the middle. I find this to be very delicate and if the timber moves slightly or you go down too far it is easy to destroy this part. If you set the depth stop of the drill this doesn't happen too often .... if it does I find it only happens on one side which I put closer to the body of the toy leaving the good side facing out.
In conclusion if you are making plenty of wheels and don't mind a boring task .... go for it!
Cheers
Stinky.Now proudly sponsored by Binford Tools. Be sure to check out the Binford 6100 - available now at any good tool retailer.
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8th September 2009, 09:42 PM #7
You are doing a great job Stinky.Did all the toasters sell last time?
Back To Car Building & All The Sawdust.
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8th September 2009, 09:55 PM #8
Hi Aussie .... sold a few. Just working hard at the moment to build stock levels for markets and the like ..... that way there is less pressure to make additional items between time which I find more enjoyable. With toys I find it doesn't take much longer to make a large batch over a single item .... except for painting which I hate.
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