khouse
Head in the Pine
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Post by khouse on Jun 5, 2008 7:00:10 GMT -6
I turned my stock BSA wheels down using my trusty drill press laid on it's side like a lathe. The wheels are thin and weigh 1.3 grams. The tread width is .020 inch and flat and square. Is it better to leave the tread flat or should I round the tread over some? Thanks!
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Post by RacerX on Jun 5, 2008 8:11:21 GMT -6
Did you mean that the tread is .020" thick since the tread width is .300" wide? If you only have .020" to play with, you can only really add a little radius to the edges to break the square edge and I would recomend that. That is kind of what we do for the "True Track" feature of the Derby Worx / Warp Speed Pro wheels.
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khouse
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Post by khouse on Jun 5, 2008 20:49:19 GMT -6
Yes Race X where the plastic meets the road is .020 wide. I didn't know if by leaving the tread flat if it would help to run strait? I will just break the edges a little. Thanks for the help! I bought all your tools too. I have another tool you can make. While I was reducing the hub widths on the drill press it dawned on me. Why not have a tool similar to your coning tool that shaves the hubs down. One end for aggressive cutting and the other end for fine shaving. The fine shaving end can be a coning shaver as well. What do you think?
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