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04-19-2007, 06:15 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Ready to rock!
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|  Custom Wheels!
Just finished making five of these sweet wheels (gotta have a spare  ). But i used a plasty form liquid that hardens in about 30 min. I just poured it into a 3 inch pvc pipe coupler, then poped it out and lathed it down to the direct diameter along with the beads. I then turned it loose on the CNC machine. I wrote two programs, one for the back and to punch out the holes, and another to dish out the front. Here's some pics of them.  Had to use wood filler to fill in the bubbles trapped when the form was poured.  Then sanded smooth and painted    Decided i like flat black better. It hides the imperfections better     And here's them mounted on my scaler. They look great i think! Let me know what you guys think!!  |
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04-19-2007, 06:16 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Easthampton
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nice, how well will that plastic hold up?
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04-19-2007, 06:22 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Ready to rock!
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Suprisingly well actually! The hex isn't very beefed up as you can see. But even with the sticky moabs they haven't snapped. But then again the tires arent glued. |
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04-19-2007, 06:26 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Clarkston, MI
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It looks like a regular version of the RC4WD beadlocks.
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04-19-2007, 06:30 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Central NY
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Those look pretty cool! Sweet job, man. |
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04-19-2007, 06:40 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Ready to rock!
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Thanks! But RC4WD is where i got the looks. But they have a way different off-set than there's.
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04-19-2007, 06:42 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Provo
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|  i was just gona try that glad to see the results! im gona have to try it |
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