RE: wooden drive pulleys [TANKS]

[Rick v100 <rickv100-at-yahoo.com>]

Steve, 

Can you send a pic of the jig for making dished road
wheels? I have an idea for another vehicle and wanted
to do the same. 

I just picked up a lathe but do not have it set up yet
and this should help. 

Rick 

--- Steve Tyng <STyng-at-acptrust.com> wrote:

> Rick wrote:
> 
> > I prefer to use method 2 as I have concerns about
> the
> > side loading of the blade when cutting a circle. I
> > prefer to cut it to a close polygon and then round
> the
> > edges. 
> 
> Speaking of side loading.  I wanted to create a
> "dished" or "bowl" look
> for my road wheels.  I built a jig that held and
> centered a road wheel
> over the blade.  The face of the wheel was lowered
> onto the turning
> blade and then rotated 360 degrees.  The results
> were quite
> satisfactory.
> 
> > I have a 12" Darra James table saw with a
> Systimatic
> > blade. The extra capacity comes in handy when
> cutting
> > stacked blanks for the nose of my tank. 
> 
> Drool, drool.  An oldie but goodie I'm sure!  I have
> a Jet 10"
> contractor saw.  At the time (and probably still is)
> one of the better
> grade of contractor saws available.  I use a Freud
> blade on it.
> 
> > Another option is to cut the wheels out using a
> router
> > you could bevel the faces with a 45 degree bit and
> > then glue together to get the required V shape.
> 
> You could but I prefer to use the table saw when I
> can.  It's always
> there and ready to use unlike my router table.
> 
> 
>    Steve
> 



                
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