If you ever feel the need, wheels is one of those pieces that are always in demand, 33" (4.125), 35" (4.5) and 40" (5.0).Harold_V wrote: ↑Tue Sep 27, 2022 1:02 amGood one, Bill
Being from the old school of machining, I have a hydraulic duplicator (poor man's CNC) on my Graziano. It was purchased many years ago to fulfill a government contract for more than 600 main landing gear spacers for the C-130 aircraft. A 5/8" X 45° chamfer on the ID plus a gentle taper terminating in a large radius (on the OD) were required, each of which pretty much mandating the use of a machine capable of contouring. This was long before the advent of CNC's. They had a couple tight tolerances, each handled in stride by the duplicator.
While I have yet to use it for profiling a wheel, that's precisely what I'll do if I happen to get to the point where I have need. Once set up, it should be just as fast as a CNC.
H
wheels are one of those items that i personally dread, while machining iron is easy and fast, machining from round bar is a pita imho.