| Blog series by Dutchy | updated 11-02-2014 01:48 PM | 4 parts | 12831 reads | 11 comments total |
Part 1: The wheels of the wheel loader
My wheel loader of T and J is almost ready. ..And now I have to start making the wheels. I don,t like the type T and J has drawn..This is the drawn of T and J:.It looks like:.And this is the type I like:.So I made a ACAD drawing of this wheel type and with sprayglue i put it on a template:.And made a groove with a dremel in the template:.Also made blanks for the wheels:. Next time (when it,s there) I will do the lathe work. After turning I have to do the mill work and hope that it will ...
Part 2: Lathe work
It is a time ago I started making the wheels for my T and J wheelloader. A long time I didn,t have time to work on it. But last week I restarted. First I drilled a hole in the wheel with a 50 mm (2”) bore and than turned the wheels as you can see on below picture: Now I could turn the wheel 180 degrees and do the other side: Turning work was done and now I had to do some testings for the groves. I made four wheels from oak and one from beech for the testing work. First I ma...
Part 3: Wheel profile
The grove I wanted in my wheels wasn,t a succes to make. You can see it in Wheel loader T and J 966 #2. I chanced the profile and now it succeed. However the wheels are not the standaard CAT 966 wheels, i,m satisfied with it. On the picture below you can see the wheels: (After I had made the wheels I made some picture,s) On the picture below you can see how I changed the profile: This blanc with one grove (You can also see the first grove I tried) I used as giding to make ...
Part 4: The end.
Last time my blog was about making the groves. When this was done I would make the sides looking a little more convex, so I put a wheel again on the lathe and startet turning. But also this time it didn,t go as I would like. My gouge came into the wood and damaged the wheel as you can see on the picture below:..I was thinking about making a new one but first I would gif it a try to repair. So I made a putty from a black water stain mixed with PVA glue (50/50) and fill this with oak sanding ...
