Deathly Hallows
Blinking Hell it's Crap - featuring Axle Faulty
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, 8th November 2017 at 22:29 (7166 Views)
Still no luck finding a way to use those wheels. So I have ordered replacements with a slimmer bore. The original ones I actually found a really solid way to fit an axle but the drills wouldn't open wide enough.
M12 threaded bolt bar, wrapped with some PTFE, nut and washer each side was so good! Fitted brilliant on the wheel and so solid, would have taken an elephant to stand on my bot to snap or bend them. I am keeping them and perhaps I will find a way around the issue (I saw 1/2" to 10mm reducers for lamp fittings, one each side may work). But in the mean time I am ordering some lighter wheels that should fit.
But once fitted my rolling chassis is done. Which was my first goal. Nothing beautiful, definitely not to compete but a proof I could build something. After some driving practice (please stop raining), I need to start work on designing in detail, a beetle and feather weight. I have some ideas already, some quite radical I think. The question is how much to share and you have to have some secrets
Hope its a nice day this weekend. Need to work on garage to make my workplace a bit more comfortable. At the moment the spiders are happy but not so much me .