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Thread: Wheels, pre WIP
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8th January 2017, 04:27 PM #1
Wheels, pre WIP
I am making my first batch of toys. Those more experienced than I, will already be aware that GRANDparenthood does that to woodworkers!
I have a (Carbitool?) wheel cutter that has lived in a dark cupboard for a few years and, once I tried using it, I discovered that it is prone to tear out and other forms of timber grain mutilation! While trialling different timber and RPM combinations, I had a brainwave and reached for a scrap piece of plywood. Not only does it minimise tear-out but, if you are careful, you can create both tread AND whitewall tyre effects!
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Ill l'll post a 'proper' WIP when (if?) my first batch is finished.
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8th January 2017, 04:58 PM #2Senior Member
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Thanks Fletty, they are looking good. Should look top notch with a finish on them. Cheers, Fred
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8th January 2017, 05:24 PM #3
looks like a couple have been marked by the parking inspector already!
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Nick
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8th January 2017, 05:54 PM #4GOLD MEMBER
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They look ACE Fletty - Top Stuff
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Keith
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What's the lead time if I order a few (hundred).
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8th January 2017, 08:14 PM #6
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9th January 2017, 12:50 AM #7
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9th January 2017, 03:08 AM #8
Those turned out great!
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9th January 2017, 03:28 AM #9
They look wheely good. (Some one had to say it. It's done now and we can move on )
Those were the droids I was looking for.
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9th January 2017, 09:32 AM #10
Excellent work Alan.
Do you have a jig/pattern to do the centres
and if so could you please post a photo, thank you.
Cheers peter
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9th January 2017, 10:15 AM #11
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Thanks Crowie, the jig is just a ply base fitted with a pin that fits in the centre of the wheel. A pencil mark on the wheel is then aligned with the 8 pencilled 'rays' on the base and a hole drilled less than half way through from both sides.
In an earlier method I cut square blanks for the wheels, drilled the centre hole for the axle and then drilled the 8 holes right through the blank. THEN I used the wheel cutter. This gave a neater set of holes BUT holding the square blank was a bit tricky during wheel cutting!
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