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I would say you know that better than anyone else Steve! Even with stamping the centers this isn't a quick job. Especially when you factor in making hubs for all three axles. It took me 3 1/2 days to make the wheel assemblies for the first HD. I thought I could do it faster this time but it is going to be about the same. I guess one guy can only make parts so fast when each part requires several different setups and processes. Hopefully it looks ok in the end and then it will all be worth while. |
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Great work! The wheels look great.
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Those are some great looking wheels. This is going to be a great truck, I always liked the old Hayes, they were pure work trucks.
Nice Job, Chris |
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Beautiful job, i wouldn't expect anything less
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I have to agree, "WONDERFUL JOB". 1 question for you, What is the wall thickness of the rim at the grooves? Would really like to see these in person They do look amazing. Are my eyes playing tricks on me or do the centers have an angle on the main body?
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Thanks guys. I'm not sure what the wall thickness is. I know the grooves are 2mm deep so I am guessing it's around 1mm thick. Yes the hubs are tapered a little.
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Thanks for the quick answers! Another ?? for you- Why didn't you turn the grooves in the wheels instead of milling them? I know, I know, lots of silly ?'s but this is the way you learn things
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I find it to be faster than turning them in the lathe. I don't know if it is my setup/tooling or what but I can never cut the grooves in the lathe without galling issues unless I turn the stuff really slow. Even then I have ruined a couple of wheels when they were almost finished. In the mill I use a 1/8 cutter with the mill screaming. I use the drill to turn the rotary table and my right hand can steadily feed the Z axis down(slowly) with only the occasional squirt of alcohol needed for coolant. The wrong way to do it but it works well for me.
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That's an intresting way to make wheels. Read the tread twice but could not find how you made those oval holes. How did you fasten the discs to the tubing??
Didn't realy follow why it was not possible to turning them in lahte. The grooves could be done before pressing the disc inside, that way you will not ruin the hole wheel, just a thought Dan |
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I haven't worked on this truck for months which is not good. Since the weekend was my "B-day weekend" but I still needed to work on customer stuff I decided to work on this. I bought a used foot shear a couple of weeks ago so I have been eager to use it and get the hang of it. I started out by shearing some strips and then bending them into frame rails. I mounted up stock front suspension and chucked in some plastic cross members to get the overall width right. I then started to make my own cross members. I will likely be making my own suspension for both ends of this truck so that it looks more like the 1:1. I also built the front bumper for the truck although the front part of the frame is not cut to length yet.
Thanks for looking |
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Way to go Reg! Soon you will be making everything!
Cheers, Neil. |
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I'm amazed thanks mike
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Reg,
Very cool! Any tricks to making the matching dies? Do you just turn the second one to match the dimensions of the first, less the amount of allowance for the stock to be stamped? And, would you mind posting a picture of the modified end mill you use to make the oval holes? I'm not sure I understand how you are doing that. Thanks for all the info! Jim |
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You might try a little cutting lube or cool mist to keep the heat down on your tooling. Sometimes just step in and out also. The heat and friction is causing the gaulding. The truck is looking great. Did you press stamp the center part of the wheel or spin form it?
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It's been months since I've worked on this and I need to get moving on it so this afternoon I made some parts for the front end of the frame. I am going to add more detail to this truck than I did on my own. I want the frame to look less Tamiya and more mini Hayes HD so I have a lot of machining to do yet just to mount the front axle.
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Nice metal work, looks really good. By your You-Tube videos, you have plenty of work for this truck to do.
Chris |
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