Pro Wheel Shaver question

[derbydodo]

Hi everyone,

I'm thinking of getting the pro wheel shaver XT tool that DerbyWorx has and have a question. How thin can i make the wheels with it? I want to make the wheels light. We can lathe all we want based on our rules.

But I know if you make the diameter smaller, will it be slower? Or not hardly any to show? Will making it lighter compensate? I wish you had one that lathes the inside of the wheel!

[RacerX]

You want to keep the outer diameter as large as posiable for the start. Think of the radius (from the tread to the axle) as a lever and this lever gives you the power to get the car off of the start.

I have has a few e-mails about customers using all kinds of tools with the Pro Wheel Mandrell to sucessfully remove material from the inside to make their own light wheels.

I am sure you can fugure out a method.

Good Luck

Racer X

[khouse]

I have made really light wheels with the mandrel and a sharpened screw driver. I can cut a ton of weight out of the inside with it. You basically are scraping the plastic not cutting. Keep the OD of the wheels as large as possible short of truing them up with the shaver. This will reduce the revolutions of the wheel down the track. This means the wheel won't rotate around the axle as much.