Radius inner/outer wheel lips: A how to
Something I saw on the fish that I thought you might find useful
The other way of doing it (the ghetto way) is:
-Get a file or a piece of coarse sandpaper wrapped around a block of wood
-Go to a mellow hill with your board and the file/sandpaper
-Sit on your board and roll down the hill, as your rolling apply the sandpaper/file to the lip of the wheel and shape it to how you would like it
-Flip your wheels and do the same for the inside lip.
[ben] said:
I'm going to give this a go with my alligators and report back with pictures (if I have time before newtons)
The other way of doing it (the ghetto way) is:
-Get a file or a piece of coarse sandpaper wrapped around a block of wood
-Go to a mellow hill with your board and the file/sandpaper
-Sit on your board and roll down the hill, as your rolling apply the sandpaper/file to the lip of the wheel and shape it to how you would like it
-Flip your wheels and do the same for the inside lip.
[ben] said:
Original ThreadThings you will need: - bench grinder - hanger - wheel(s) - old bearings - good bearing spacers & speed rings (and an axle nut of course!)
Optional but recommended:
- dust mask
Starting off, place the wheel on the hanger as you normally would, making sure everything is properly aligned and the axle nut is cranked down [B]tight[/B] securing everything in position. If the axle nut is [I]not[/I] cranked down, the wheel will probably be able to wiggle around a bit on the axle which will result in oscillations at a high RPM.
With just a slight amount of pressure pulling the inner lip of the wheel against the grinder, grind about a 45-degree angle along the circumference of the lip. This step is to determine the radius of the modification; the more you grind off, the larger radius you're going to have.
Next, start to round it off. Rock the lip back and fourth against the grinder, applying light pressure while doing so.
Now, as far as radiusing the outer lip goes, I would recommend that you flip the wheel and repeat the process. Proceeding to radius the outer lip without flipping it is rather unstable and difficult; your control over the wheel is greatly reduced and chances are it will jump around a lot.
It's do-able but I don't recommend it, so I'm not going to include it in this tutorial.
The finished product may look something like this, depending on how you wanted to do it...
Let me know if I'm being a bit vague on anything; I'm tired and have only spent about 10 minutes on this.
Peace,
-Ben
I'm going to give this a go with my alligators and report back with pictures (if I have time before newtons)
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Premium MemberPermalink Reply by Fitz on -
Shake hands with danger!
Grinding stones are made for grinding steel only. Anything else just clogs up the wheel and becomes sticky and dangerous. Even other metals like copper and aluminium.
Please use a disc sander if you must otherwise a belt sander with the trucks and wheels still on the deck so you can stand on the board while its upside down to hold it in place and hold the belt sander securely in 2 hands.
I'd hate to hear a story about how Nick got mangled in a grinder incident at home.
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Permalink Reply by Jay Capellari on
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doesnt it naturally round the edges from sliding?
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Premium MemberPermalink Reply by Fitz on -
If you haven't tried it yet, then you should.
Don't just write it off because you hear anything negative. You might find it helps your game, slide-wise.
However I totally agree with Merrick about modifying a wheel that's written off already or perhaps a duplicate set if you have the cash.
Radius lipped wheels are relatively oldskool these days so if you buy something like a Krypto, Abec11 Striker or even a gravity wheel you can usually find them cheap.
Brodie Brusasco said:alrighty... seeing that i can't pre-drift and have a very uncontrollable drift i think i will leave it!
Nick Threapleton said:Doing this will cause the wheels to let go easier and slide with less chatter
Basically I would say no, however if your riding style is that you don't foot break and want to pre-drift and drift every corner then doing this would be a benefit.
Brodie Brusasco said:is it a good idea to do this if you're wheels are for DH
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yer my mate loves those gravity hi grades and those styles of wheels are growing on me. they seem like they would be grippier than freerides but still slidy kind of.
Fitz said:If you haven't tried it yet, then you should.
Don't just write it off because you hear anything negative. You might find it helps your game, slide-wise.
However I totally agree with Merrick about modifying a wheel that's written off already or perhaps a duplicate set if you have the cash.
Radius lipped wheels are relatively oldskool these days so if you buy something like a Krypto, Abec11 Striker or even a gravity wheel you can usually find them cheap.
Brodie Brusasco said:alrighty... seeing that i can't pre-drift and have a very uncontrollable drift i think i will leave it!
Nick Threapleton said:Doing this will cause the wheels to let go easier and slide with less chatter
Basically I would say no, however if your riding style is that you don't foot break and want to pre-drift and drift every corner then doing this would be a benefit.
Brodie Brusasco said:is it a good idea to do this if you're wheels are for DH
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