I'm always looking for a new method or jig...care to elaborate or will we need to sign up for that workshop at the expo? Tom
On Jan 20, 2009, at 2:22 PM, Steve Tyng wrote: > > Plywood wheels can be very easily made on a power mitersaw. > > Steve Tyng > > > On Jan 18, 7:43 pm, Xirus <[email protected]> wrote: >> Everybody hates making them. Especially if you have a lot of them to >> make. >> >> OK. So, I will soon be needing to make wheels. Now at 1/4 scale >> buying >> wheels is out of the question. I was thinking of making one wooden >> wheel plug and making several molds out of it. I can then use the >> molds to make more of the exact wheel. This is time consuming though. >> And I'm not quite sure what materials to use. >> >> I don't have a lathe, And I don't think I can justify to the wife why >> I need one. The tank in question is a 1/4 scale Tiger II and the >> wheels need to be 7-3/4" to 8" in diameter and I would like them to >> look realistic as well. I can compromise on the look a bit I guess. >> >> Does anyone have any suggestions? I was considering cutting out 36 >> discs and using 8" poly pipe as the tire just like Dave Manson's >> tanks >> from Scaledtanks.com > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
