Re: ☆★☆Ꭼsє LᎾ₡Ꮎ JᎾKᎬЯ!☆★☆ RRBO#8. WHEELS DONE!
RichL said:
You do nice work Luke. I guess the tires made it through the welding ok, I was wondering how that would work out for you, I didn't doubt you could do it, but if it were me, I would have been very nervous!
Rich
I had thought about it, really didn't want to weld with them on there, but after the 2 day circus event that it took to get them on, with 7 different guys at two different tire shops trying to get them seated up... I decided they better stay on! :lol:
I let some air out of the tires first, figuring the weld would heat the air inside and increase the pressure somewhat, and just welded a small amount at each time, letting it cool slightly as I went, seems to have worked with no issues at all! Whew! I still have to paint the rims with the tires on, which I don't like to do, but that is just the way it is unfortunately, but, the tires do have a nice "rim protection" lip that will hold the masking board nice and snug to the rim, so should work fine.
The Renaissance Man said:
Nice precision work with simple tools!
splitty21 said:
Nice work on wheels and with no fancy tools!
Thanks Guys! I love doing things that should be hard with little or no "fancy" tools, it just means you need to think a little more outside the box, and come up with your own method of doing things! My idea of fun! :mrgreen: (Does not mean I would not love the "fancy" tools! Been a long time since I was on the lathe and mills...) One item I insist on using is a decent mig welder though, makes life so much easier!
There are lots of Guys and Girls on this site doing amazing things with the most basic of tools, it is really great to see the "hands on" approach is still alive, not relying on machines to do the work for us!
Back when I was working, before my health went south, we used to do a lot of work for concrete plants, one of my favourite jobs was replacing the mixing fins in the truck mounted agitators, working in a cramped environment with new fins that never fit right and no room for fancy tools and usually too far out of town to collect anything you forgot to bring, really pushes the limits of what you can do... We came up with a few of our own methods of making them fit properly! :wink:
More to come soon SCHWINNRAY!
Luke.
I like them as is but filling in every other gap would also look cool. What about some way of having pieces that can be attached when you want them, and removed when you don't... clip ons :lol: 
