Nine months worth of lunch hours

The way you put those wheels together, my first thought was, he made a set of drums!

Impressive wheels, have fun!!
 
I'm impressed.......................

One thing tho, I think it would be very interesting to see a series of photos of each piece that you made

Kind of a Christmas present to all of us

Thanks

Cor
 
Mike-E, Your equipment looks fantastic. I am an amateur at building equipment but I love it. Your skill is apparent. Please post some photos of the finished machines. Thanks for sharing , Larry
 
Love it...Very well thought out. Just saved yourself some serious loot and on top of that looks to be superior to a lot of the stuff commercially available .
 
:eek: wow dude, I'm liking what I'm seeing. :thumbup: I would love to see idividual pictures of each machine, along with the specific attachments/parts that go along with each particular machine. Did you machine your own flat and beveled discs? Also, do you plan on using the disc grinder for refining your flat grinds? Just curious because it seems that the square piece of steel behind the disc might get in the way a little for that, could be wrong though..? Anyway, please share more whenever ya can! :cool:
 
Really nice. I suppose you work in a machine shop with access to all the machinery. Great build. I have a question. How did you coat the wheels? You mentioned bicycle inner tubes. How is it done? I am about to start a KMG build in my garage with a Bridgeport mill and my brothers Hurco CNC machining centers. One of the few parts I can't really figure out how to make is the covering on the wheels. Any suggestions?
 
the 14'' wheel was covered with 3/8 thick solid rubber conveyor belt(no nylon threads). it's glued on with a 2 part epoxy for machines called way-lock. the seam was 45ed and CA glued leaving the i.d. of the rubber ring slightly smaller than the o.d. of the aluminum. i machined shallow grooves in the wheel to give the adhesive space. covered both pieces with epoxy and stretched the rubber over. i used 3 extra,extra, long screw-type hose clamps to hold it together for a few days. put the wheel back in the lathe and used a tool-post grinder with a carbide burr to dress the rubber true. to test it afterwards i stood back and let the lathe spin at 3500 rpm for about a half hour. i then put it on a tool arm in the grinder with a super fast dc motor(6k rpm turning a 5 1/2 drive wheel) for further testing. this is how ill do the 20'' wheel when i can source aluminum big enough. for now its 3 pieces of 3/4 mdf glued together and machined true. i still haven't glued the inner tube on it yet. ll be using windshield adhesive for that. my plan is to stretch the inner tube over and use a rolling pin on the wheel while its turning slowly under power to even out the glue layer before it dries. after that ill use the mitre slot in the tool rest to dress the rubber. if i need to ill fab a holder for a roto zip to run in the mitre slot.
 
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