Making outlaw type wheels

[W&K Creations]

Hey all

While I know the best way is to buy a good set of wheels from DD4H to fit the need, this is more if I wanted to use a BSA stock wheel to start...

whats a good way to shave down as much of wheel tread, starting from the inside edge and shaving it down to essentially resemble (will not look exactly) razor like thin wheels....I have some cheap wheels I bought from other sites in the distant past that i fool around with or test stuff on and wanted to try and cut them down as much as I can and run them reversed with the teflon spacers from DD4H.

How much can you cut off before the wheel itself is too weak and will it start warping and loose its roundness the more you cut/shave away....

Dont think id ever do this to a nice set of cheetahs but with the other box wheels I have, thought id fool around a bit....just wanted to see if anyone had ideas or had done this already with success.

W

 

[OPARENNEN]

Jewkes Engineering used to make razor wheels like you describe, maybe they still do. I bought a set, and had absolutely no luck. The result is that you have a hub that entirely sticks out of one side of the wheel. I tested them with the long hub in as well as out. Nothing worked as compared to Eliminator wheels (84s or 92s) that end up nicely balanced. My advice, don't waste your time.

 

[Guest]

W,

I had John machine a set of the Max-V's (similar to the BSA wheel) down to razors for a friend of mine. They turned out real sweet! I think John has a few sets of the Max-V's and would probably customize a set for you. Not sure how much they would be but I do know they were machined perfectly!

Ian

 

[kickaxe]

I place the wheel hollow side up in a wheel mandrel attached to my drill press. Then, while they spin, I use a razor blade to slowly cut off the part of the wheel that usually rolls on the track. Then I use sandpaper to smooth it until it is a disc with a bore. What is left is simply the ouside of the wheel running on a razor edge. You can sand off the outside decorations too, or attempt to lighten it further by drilling holes (I have yet to create a balanced one with holes however). It takes a lot of patience......and if your skill level is like mine....a lot of wheels too. Luckily for me my students sometimes do not want to keep their cars, so I have a few sets of MV wheels to practice on.

 

[W&K Creations]

thanks for all the info!

Given a choice id go with John's eliminators too but seeing as ive a bunch of these, thought id might try out a few lol.....

I took 3 of these fool around wheels, glued on top one another and made a base to wrap sand paper around to sand out the wheel side of my balsa front fenders so that the curve is nice and even and smooth and fits the wheel nicely!

Guess we can always use the other stuff for useful things other than racing with!

W