Thread: First ever real build lews featherweight

Oh i forgot over the last few weeks i made a little progress on the wheels!

team SC batten boxes on some 65 shore 125mm castors that i have modified in my lill manual mill, i milled the faces flat and milled out the roller bearings this took a little getting right as i wanted to save as much meat as possible!

The hubs are held on the 12mm shaft portion with a keyway then the nut and finally the left hand thread screw with a nice anodised countersunk washer keeps the nut double snug!

In the last picture below you can see (not very clearly a ring between the hub and the wheel rim) i 3d printed a tight press fit ring that matches the hub and the wheel fillet this keeps my hub concentric while i drilled the mounts, im actually going to keep these fitted with epoxy and make them in a lairy colour or glow in the dark filiment!

WHEEL ON MACHINE.jpeg WHEELS MILLED TEST.jpeg MOTORHUB.jpeg WHEEL TEST.jpeg