Thanks 1HP! I am glad I did that too, it started off as a way to simplify the jig construction, but turned into a real cool style point!Well done ! i like how you welded the spoke to look like diamond shape instead of flat looking like square
They are very cool, they will probably be equal best with the ones from BigJim, somehow don't think they will ever be topped!These may be your best wheels yet!! How much do they weigh?
Thanks Chad!
I was asked a while back by Pushie Pirate to build him a pair of my earlier 8 spoke/narrowed car wheel/Harley Davidson tire wheels, but it ended up stressing me out a bit much and I had to call it off. These new design wheels are simpler and easier and probably cheaper too, but I am still not overly keen to look into selling them, the place I got the rims is closing down, in fact tomorrow may be the last day they are open (must remember to drop in!) so the supply is about to dry up, at least at the cheap prices I paid, and I will always worry excessively about what the buyer expects, with things like this sometimes you don't find a problem until you take it in to get the tire fitted, and realise you made a mistake along the way, I can deal with that, but if the wheels have been made and sent to the buyer by the time it happens it would be a different story...
Yeah this is what I'm talking about making the five spoke wheels with standard bicycle wheels and standard hub widths. Like you said though freight might be crazy
All I can say is stay tuned in with my builds and experiments, I might be able to make something happen. My next build will have some interesting wheels on it that I may be able to make available as an "assemble yourself" kit, have to see how that goes before I make any promises though.
PROGRESS!
Started with one of the rear hubs, knocked the threaded end off one side:
To be replaced with this non threaded one from another hub:
Welded the spokes for the smaller wheel to the centre tube then slid it over the hub and re-installed the end cap, then placed in the rear of the frame to give it a spin to check for true:
Give it a spin:
Came out well so slid the centre spider into the rim and tacked it, spun it up again, made some adjustments, spun it again and then welded it up:
Added some weld between the rim and cover strip to correspond to the spoke location to add strength too, pretty happy with the way the welds went, considering the gaps and chrome I had to work around:
Then on to the much harder rear wheel, started with widening the hub, I am sure you have all seen me do this before, so will skip that explanation:
Welded the spokes to the centre tube and tacked it into the rim, it will remain only tacked at this point until I have a way to spin it to check for true:
Finished for the day:
Sounds like a short day, but there was a fair amount of work involved!
Luke.
Thanks K-Digg!
