slowlylearning Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 You'll need: Dremel 2 to 3mm styrene rectangle rod OR 2 to 3mm styrene sheet (I didnt have that hence the rod) Sanding sticks/paper Glue Blade Grinding/engraving bits that come with Dremels Sheet styrene .5mm or slightly smaller Spare Tyre Sanding-Drum Dremel bit Cut a strip of .5mm or smaller sheet styrene. Cut it quite long incase of any mistakes (I made plenty of its too short practicing this). Cut the strip as wide as the tyre you're using. Curl your strip of styrene around your hobby knife handle from both ends a few times, it help the strip of sheet styrene to keep its curve. Curly whirl-y! Test fit it in the tyre and chop off the excess to make a since ring of strip styrene, and glue the ends together on the inside while it's in the tyre. Once the glue has dried pull out the rim about a third of the way and put some glue on the outside of the rim, repeat for both sides. Cut a much thinner strip to set the deepness of the wheel, Mine will be quite deep-dish so the thin strip is glued almost all the way around towards the back of the rim. Use plenty of glue, it helps with the rigidity of the rim. You can see here I left a gap because I cut the strip too short, silly me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowlylearning Posted April 20, 2014 Author Share Posted April 20, 2014 *Only do this part if you have no 2 to 3mm SHEET styrene* Cut some lengths of the rectangular rod and a piece of sheet styrene to glue it on to. \ This will make up the center of your wheel, so make sure there's enough rectangle rod to fill the rim. Glue the rectangle rod to the piece of sheet styrene with plenty of glue, let dry. Drill a hole that the screw of your sanding-drum bit will fit into in the center. ** Miunt it on your sanding-drum bit like so and put on your safety goggles 'cause we're gonna make a big mess! (CAREFULLY) Using a blade or whatever works best for you, lop off the corners then start sanding it down to a perfect circle shape. Sand and test it until it fits snugly in the rim you made. See how it's flat? Boring! Make some more mess... ... To shape the face of the rim-center! I've found tools like there help a bit, using them to 'machine' the front surface of the rim-center. Blades work too, but theyre pretty dangerous. Use those tools and sandpaper/sticks to make the shapes you want, this one's a concave shape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowlylearning Posted April 20, 2014 Author Share Posted April 20, 2014 Concave (right) and bulbous (left) rim centers made with love... and lot-sa sanding! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobthehobbyguy Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 Great tutorial. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roncla Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geras24 Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 This is a great tutorial, thanks for sharing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funkychiken Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 great tip! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren B Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 love it thanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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