Wheel Modification

[frizzen]

That's really impressive! They look great.

I have 1 question though, wouldn't it have been easier to just make the holes getting plugged 4 mm rather than turning down 100 sections of plug rod?

[Zabco]

Thanks for compliments guys, they are appreciated.

Originally Posted by frizzen

That's really impressive! They look great.

I have 1 question though, wouldn't it have been easier to just make the holes getting plugged 4 mm rather than turning down 100 sections of plug rod?

I did consider that option but felt that trying to line up that many holes to be able to consistently center drill them all out would be just as trying. I would still have to make all those plugs anyway. Once I had the cutter on the lathe set to the depth of cut I needed it really went fairly quickly. Only had to make a single pass of the cutter for a few millimeters, hit the rod with a fine tooth cutoff saw and on to the next. Probably only took a little over an hour to make all the plugs.

[bigford]

Very cool scratch building skills right there.
I would have taken the easy way out and bought these

[Zabco]

Those wheels were actually what I thought I was going to get when I first started to think about building this truck. I'd seen them on other trucks and really like the look of them. Then I saw the price of them and knowing I was going to have to remove that pretty white finish on them in order to paint them the color I needed and no, decided I needed to go another route. All ten of the white plastic rims I bought were less than $20. Less than a dollar for the plastic rod and cement and I was in business. Besides, for me, a big part of the fun of this hobby is figuring out how to make the parts I need and then making them.