Gazzar Posted June 1 Share Posted June 1 You HAD to roll that old pun out. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaghost Posted June 1 Author Share Posted June 1 A pile of welding and blending Regards Stephen 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaghost Posted June 1 Author Share Posted June 1 Two nearly completed, one fully Welded and only needing blending the other tacked in place as I ran out of mig wire Guess I'll just have to go to the vintage fair tomorrow after all..... Regards Stephen 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaghost Posted June 1 Author Share Posted June 1 Thought I would post a picture of my wheel centre height positioning gauges 2"x7" diameter plate, these were the excess material I had left when I made Sid's brake discs...knew they would come in handy for something...... Regards Stephen 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaghost Posted June 1 Author Share Posted June 1 Can't weld but I can still paint...lol that will do for today regards Stephen 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaghost Posted June 1 Author Share Posted June 1 The welding on the rims that came with the 40" tyres is not very consistent I wonder why ?? Top picture has 4 welds holding rim centre in, next picture has 6 welds, one of the other rims had 5 Thoughts Regards Stephen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie69 Posted June 1 Share Posted June 1 Chinese. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderzander Posted June 2 Share Posted June 2 Your paint finish is looking great 👍🏻 🙌 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaghost Posted June 2 Author Share Posted June 2 On 5/31/2024 at 7:30 PM, Stellaghost said: 1st beadlock ring fitted and tyre inflated to 10psi, see if it is still up in the morning....lol Tyre still up, just have done something right......... Regards Stephen 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted June 2 Share Posted June 2 Reckon if you came up with a suitably heroic name for those and a suitably extreeeeeeme logo you'd have the big boys queueing up to pay big bucks for them. Very neat job indeed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miketomcat Posted June 3 Share Posted June 3 7 hours ago, FridgeFreezer said: Reckon if you came up with a suitably heroic name for those and a suitably extreeeeeeme logo you'd have the big boys queueing up to pay big bucks for them. Very neat job indeed. Trouble is the Chinese will copy them and make them for half the price. That's what happened to Matt lee with the Mach 5. Mike 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snagger Posted June 3 Share Posted June 3 10 hours ago, FridgeFreezer said: Reckon if you came up with a suitably heroic name for those and a suitably extreeeeeeme logo you'd have the big boys queueing up to pay big bucks for them. Very neat job indeed. Don’t forget the orange or lime green paint…. They are only moderate parts, not extreme, without bright paint. 😉 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted June 3 Share Posted June 3 4 minutes ago, Snagger said: Don’t forget the orange or lime green paint…. They are only moderate parts, not extreme, without bright paint. 😉 xtreeeeeeeeeeeeeem orange 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaghost Posted June 3 Author Share Posted June 3 Got some gas this morning wheels now all tacked up and in various stages of fully welding or blending Regards Stephen 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markyboy Posted June 3 Share Posted June 3 7 minutes ago, Stellaghost said: Got some gas this morning wheels now all tacked up and in various stages of fully welding or blending Regards Stephen I'd imagine they must get quite 'toasty' during the welding process, Stephen? Regards, Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaghost Posted June 3 Author Share Posted June 3 37 minutes ago, markyboy said: I'd imagine they must get quite 'toasty' during the welding process, Stephen? Regards, Mark Absolutely, even more so combined with the weather Regards Stephen 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaghost Posted June 3 Author Share Posted June 3 All 4 remaining rims welded up, two still to blend, hope to have them painted this week Regards Stephen 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie69 Posted June 3 Share Posted June 3 Looking forward to seeing the suspension AND the tyres flex 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaghost Posted June 4 Author Share Posted June 4 All 4 remaining wheels welded and blended, pity it's started to rain.... Pretty sure it will stop at some point in our 4 season days.....lol Regards Stephen 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Stellaghost Posted June 5 Author Popular Post Share Posted June 5 Well it doesn't always go perfectly to plan, couple if the rims have warped slightly in the welding process and are catching the brake caliper, yes the tolerances are really that tight So into the mill with it to ease a bit out going to ba a slow process My new to me rotary table and chuck coming in handy regards Stephen 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CwazyWabbit Posted June 5 Share Posted June 5 How much does a wheel flex during use/abuse? Will this issue rear it's head again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaghost Posted June 5 Author Share Posted June 5 17 minutes ago, CwazyWabbit said: How much does a wheel flex during use/abuse? Will this issue rear it's head again? Don't think so, the problem stems from the 8 complete rings of weld to make the rims, cannot see rims flexing too much as new to me tyres are very flexible so should help protect the rims Regards Stephen 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaghost Posted June 5 Author Share Posted June 5 This one sorted 0.55mm machined off and wheel now turning freely regards Stephen 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CwazyWabbit Posted June 5 Share Posted June 5 If you were a barbarian would you have gotten away with taking Mr Angry Grinder to the calliper instead? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaghost Posted June 5 Author Share Posted June 5 31 minutes ago, CwazyWabbit said: barbarian You Southeners probably see me as that anyway..............lol Regards Stephen 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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