All new to the BSA wheel. What Swab stalk fits the BSA bore for sanding, smoothing. polishing etc. No bending or breaking while excreting common sense.....asking for a friend !!
Billy' Red Neck Guided Hunting Trip: Stalking The Stalk
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“Up & Up” brand paper stalks. Only place I’ve found them locally here in MI so far is Target. Stalks measure .092-.094. You don’t want to go any bigger than .095. Then they get a bit too tight and will heat up faster. But these are the perfect size for the bores on BSA wheels. I use these in my first step with Novus2. Would work well with the Black Ice too I imagine.
Hope that helps.
Jimmy
https://www.amazon.com/Tamiya-America-Cotton-Triangle-TAM87106/dp/B0026IBC3I
These will also work really well.
These will also work really well.
Mr. Jimmy I use 87106 Tamiyas for the bores using Pinewood Derby Kings bore prep which includes Novus 2 within the process. I'm looking for a stalk to use to spin the wheel for smoothing the inner wheel edge and polishing. Will check out the Target items a see if they'll work. Sounds like the may very well do the job. Thanks.......RRR
T-Bone that's what I use for bore polishing. I'm looking for a sturdy stalk to hold the wheel while smoothing the inner face of the wheel and sanding & polishing the threads cace. Pin Gages are a bit much when the right stalk will do. Thanks Buddy.......RRR
Oh, my bad, but yeah, what Jimmy said is definitely best for that.
I would pre-fit the paper stalk in a junk wheel before using in your good wheel if you go that route.
DerbyBoyz is right... precheck fit.
Those Qtip stalks are perfect for spinning BSA wheels on if they fit right.
As a matter of fact, when I am doing my bores ill let go of the wheel and it will sit snug on the stalk and spin nicely to do the tread and edges, riding surfaces. I actually saw John do that first in his Black Ice vid.
My favorite Tamiya is the 87104. (Round, Small) They are the perfect thickness for final bore polish before last clean out & wax/sealer app. I use them also for cleaning with soapy water instead of fluffies. They have just the right thickness to scrub them clean without being too tight or too loose (ineffective).
Those Qtip stalks are perfect for spinning BSA wheels on if they fit right.
As a matter of fact, when I am doing my bores ill let go of the wheel and it will sit snug on the stalk and spin nicely to do the tread and edges, riding surfaces. I actually saw John do that first in his Black Ice vid.
My favorite Tamiya is the 87104. (Round, Small) They are the perfect thickness for final bore polish before last clean out & wax/sealer app. I use them also for cleaning with soapy water instead of fluffies. They have just the right thickness to scrub them clean without being too tight or too loose (ineffective).
Unfortunately, learned that that was the best way to go the hard way.
T Bone...Lessons learned the hard way are the ones you never forget. Failure is simply success under construction, just like common sense is a college degree with its working clothes on !!
Me too T-Bone.. I don't use the paper stalks at all anymore, I only use the Tamiya swabs or the Hobby Lobby version of those.
DBR are the Tamiya's what you use to spin wheels for inner face and thread treatment ? If so what Tamiya number please. That sounds like a less scratch possibility thatna stalk,,,good idea brother !!
No I don't use the Tamiya swabs for the inner edge either. I use a more of a expensive way now.. I use a lathe for addressing the edge. Before my lathe I would use pin gauges for this, and it worked great for me. I have bought many sizes of pin gauges that I have filed and sanded down at one end of the pin gauge... kinda of like a taper. All of them are highly polished, (like you would do a axle) so I can slide the wheel on to the pin to a snug fit. I do this before I even touch my bores, so this is done first. My fear is is always making the lateral runout worse than it came off the lathe, just like you can destroy the radial runout on the tread by doing this same thing.
DbR would have a used pin gage that you'd sell that will fit the BSA bores ?
Um... yeah 
That's why you test first. And don't go too fast. This is what happens when you are in a hurry too.
Doesn't happen anymore. Hard lesson learned. That's why my current Box Stock racing tomorrow night has a black one on the DFW. This actually happened almost 2 years ago when I first built him. This incident stung quite a bit so that lesson stuck quite well.
That's why you test first. And don't go too fast. This is what happens when you are in a hurry too.
Doesn't happen anymore. Hard lesson learned. That's why my current Box Stock racing tomorrow night has a black one on the DFW. This actually happened almost 2 years ago when I first built him. This incident stung quite a bit so that lesson stuck quite well.
Sorry RRR. No I don't have any for sale, they are all being used still. I have bought all my pin gauges from McMaster-Carr, but I'm sure you can buy them else where.. like Amazon.
