Restoring 80 Series Wheels

[musthave]

I've went through it for too long. Too many different methods that all end up looking like 20% of what excellent is. So, finally got the right solution in place. Once I've perfected things I'll post up the results.

 

[BILT4ME]

I've went through it for too long. Too many different methods that all end up looking like 20% of what excellent is. So, finally got the right solution in place. Once I've perfected things I'll post up the results.

Linky no worky.

 

[Rusty Marlin]

Short of a biga$$ CNC lathe to recut the face?

 

[musthave]

Short of a biga$$ CNC lathe to recut the face?

Exactly!!!

 

[musthave]

Before, eek. After 👍

 

[Rusty Marlin]

OH! Now the link works. Cheater Cheater you use a biga$$ lathe!
I thought you actually some crazy kraut space magic thing going on.


In my best Yoda
Impressive, that is.
The lay lines you've kept. Over-polishing the corners, you have not.

What sorcery is this that doesn't require a lathe?

 

[brian]

In my best Yoda
Impressive, that is.
The lay lines you've kept. Over-polishing the corners, you have not.

What sorcery is this that doesn't require a lathe?

think you missed the vid, were a big ass lathe was used.

 

[Rusty Marlin]

think you missed the vid, were a big ass lathe was used.

yeah...the link was busted

 

[Kernal]

Looks great: what company did the work, where, clear coated afterwards, how much per wheel??

Seems like getting the correct radius would be the hard part unless it was done on CNC machine?? IDK

Is there a program that can be fed into a lathe so any machine shop could do this??

 

[BILT4ME]

How many thousandths (or mm) were removed? I would be concerned by removing material from a wheel. Makes it thinner, and on a wheel that has already had a lot of cycles completed on it.

 

[musthave]

Looks great: what company did the work, where, clear coated afterwards, how much per wheel??

Seems like getting the correct radius would be the hard part unless it was done on CNC machine?? IDK

Is there a program that can be fed into a lathe so any machine shop could do this??

They're free for me, just time. On a CNC lathe so it's not too bad.

 

[musthave]

How many thousandths (or mm) were removed? I would be concerned by removing material from a wheel. Makes it thinner, and on a wheel that has already had a lot of cycles completed on it.

I took off 3 thousandths. Surprised how much it change it. Some may require more.

 

[bhsdriller]

what kind of coating needs to be put on it after

 

[musthave]

I think you'd take off more with a power sander, sandblasting, etc. I've never had a good solution.

 

[musthave]

what kind of coating needs to be put on it after

I'll clear them once they're polished nice.

 

[Rusty Marlin]

Looks great: what company did the work, where, clear coated afterwards, how much per wheel??

Seems like getting the correct radius would be the hard part unless it was done on CNC machine?? IDK

Is there a program that can be fed into a lathe so any machine shop could do this??

Just need a big enough lathe and the right tool holder. G-code is G-code, unless its a Siemens control, those things run their own language and while it looks kind-a-like g-code, it's not.

 

[musthave]

OH! Now the link works. Cheater Cheater you use a biga$$ lathe!
I thought you actually some crazy kraut space magic thing going on.


In my best Yoda
Impressive, that is.
The lay lines you've kept. Over-polishing the corners, you have not.

What sorcery is this that doesn't require a lathe?

CNC lathe makes things easy.

 

[musthave]

Just need a big enough lathe and the right tool holder. G-code is G-code, unless its a Siemens control, those things run their own language and while it looks kind-a-like g-code, it's not.

Exactly! Scanning the wheel helped a LOT. Gave me the right measurements. Super happy with the results.

 

[Kernal]

OK, so G code is programming the machine.

 

[musthave]

OK, so G code is programming the machine.

It's a 3d camera that the local technical college uses. Does a perfect scan in 3d so that you have the numbers to use for measurements.

GCode is what you use for a lot of cnc stuff.