Making you own wheels?

[jhuntsman]

I was wondering how to make my own wheels? ive seen quite a few people making their own wheels and i was gonna see if anyone had some info. thanks!

[Art Anderson]

I was wondering how to make my own wheels? ive seen quite a few people making their own wheels and i was gonna see if anyone had some info. thanks!

Making wheels from scratch almost requires a lathe, in order to turn the round components (the rim and whatever center disc it may have. Making wire wheels from scratch will take more time and space than will work here, but generally those are done on a lathe, turning rim and hub, as well as creating a lacing jig, and then a vertical mill with a 90-degree (to the horizontal) indexing unit, in order to space the holes for the spokes evenly around the circumference.

If you mean making your own wheels, using existing wheels and combining the parts from one with another to get the style you want, that's a matter mostly of cutting apart the wheels you want components from, then gluing the desired parts together into a wheel of your choice.

Art

[BigGary]

Making wheels from scratch almost requires a lathe, in order to turn the round components (the rim and whatever center disc it may have. Making wire wheels from scratch will take more time and space than will work here, but generally those are done on a lathe, turning rim and hub, as well as creating a lacing jig, and then a vertical mill with a 90-degree (to the horizontal) indexing unit, in order to space the holes for the spokes evenly around the circumference.

If you mean making your own wheels, using existing wheels and combining the parts from one with another to get the style you want, that's a matter mostly of cutting apart the wheels you want components from, then gluing the desired parts together into a wheel of your choice.

Art

I know someone who says he duplicates wheels by pressing one into clay, remove the wheel, fill the hole with white glue (!?) and let it dry for several days. I haven't tried it but it causes me to wonder.

Gary