machinest help

[derbychip]

Any machinist out there…

Im needing a cylinder cut out just larger than the diameter of a bsa wheel 4.5 inches long with a hole in the middle so it will slip over a ½” shaft

I have a osculating spindle sander but cant find the right size sleeve so figure I can make one and glue sandpaper onto it

Could someone make it and ship this to me?

Let me know the cost

 

[B_Regal Racing]

Out of curiosity, is it for making fenders (e.g. sanding/shaping the curve that is directly adjacent to the wheel)?

 

[derbychip]

yes thats what i plan to try, it can be done other ways i just have this tool sitting here and i think it would be the cats meow if its set up right

i would like it outta alum

 

[B_Regal Racing]

I'm far from a machinist, and I wouldn't mind something like that myself; I do not listen and seem to want to build my own fenders. Someday I might wise up and just buy GEE fenders, but for now, here is the tool that I use, an old wheel with sandpaper glued to the outside. I cut the rough fender shape using a scroll saw and then use this tool for the final shaping of the curve. The the thickness of the sandpaper itself gives me the clearence I need between the wheel and fender. I'm using a nail as the arbor, which the wheel is glued to. Its ghetto, but it works...

 

[TRE]

JUST USE A HOLE SAW FOR THE CURVE

 

[derbychip]

I'm far from a machinist, and I wouldn't mind something like that myself; I do not listen and seem to want to build my own fenders. Someday I might wise up and just buy GEE fenders, but for now, here is the tool that I use, an old wheel with sandpaper glued to the outside. I cut the rough fender shape using a scroll saw and then use this tool for the final shaping of the curve. The the thickness of the sandpaper itself gives me the clearence I need between the wheel and fender. I'm using a nail as the arbor, which the wheel is glued to. Its ghetto, but it works...

SAME CONCEPT, JUST TRYING TO MAKE THIS TOOL SITTING HERE USEFUL

 

[Kinser Racing]

1 1/8" forstner bit.

Don't go bankrupt hiring a machinist to make something a $10 tool can do. /images/boards/smilies/tongue.gif

P.S. The GEE fenders are so so nice!

 

[GravityX]

29 mm or 30 mm forstner bit works too!

 

[davevg]

I have a 30mm forstner bit and it fits snug on uncut wheels out of the box. I made my first set of fenders yesterday on a practice body with some scrap trim wood. (I'm still trying to raise my building skills and slowly get some more tools before I send a car in)