Wheel balancer!

[ben]

I had some spare time so decided to make myself a wheel balancing device. Tell me what you think



Thanks for your time,

Ben

[Spencer Mulcahy]

Its crap.

[Mike Hudson]

Haha, poor wheel balancer, i'm sure it will give you lots of timeconsuming pleasure

[phil c]

nice welding ben

[i4n]

Originally Posted by phil c

nice welding ben

I second that, very neat and nice "fish scale".

[Alfonzo]

How does it work? How do you actually 'balance' the wheel? This is not a scarcastic question.

[ben]

Originally Posted by Spencer Mulcahy

Its crap.

Just like your face

[Mike Hudson]

Originally Posted by ben

Just like your face

[ben]

Originally Posted by Alfonzo

How does it work? How do you actually 'balance' the wheel? This is not a scarcastic question.

You spin the wheel round then slowly back and forwards till the heaviest part of the wheel is at the bottom. Then you place ballast gum shizz on the top. Repeat till it is balanced. b.a.l.a.n.c.e.d

[Spencer Mulcahy]

Originally Posted by ben

Just like your face

Is that like your face on Sunday. Only joking ben it looks very good and the welding does look good but how do you do rear wheels.

[Mike Hudson]

the same as you would with a front wheel put a bearing either side of the wheel to space it maybe?

[bigred5765]

I think its ace, good on ya ben, and put me down for the first one let me know what i owe ya.

[Alfonzo]

Originally Posted by ben

You spin the wheel round then slowly back and forwards till the heaviest part of the wheel is at the bottom. Then you place ballast gum shizz on the top. Repeat till it is balanced. b.a.l.a.n.c.e.d

Ballast gum ? Show's how much I know. I like it. I bet off-road tyres need loads of ballancing, especially if not well glued and all that.

[bigred5765]

plastercine/ or modeling clay,

[ben]

Originally Posted by Spencer Mulcahy

Is that like your face on Sunday. Only joking ben it looks very good and the welding does look good but how do you do rear wheels.

Spence .... i should of really took a photo of the step before i took that one. What the wheel sits on is a B4 rear stub axle which has 3 bearings sitting inside the alloy bar. (machined on a lathe) So the rear wheels sit on the axle and the axle spins
Front wheels are simple. I thought it would be a good idea to use the standard sized associated wheel bearings so that you can use the front wheels with their bearings in.

Ive got some idea's for a MK2 version. I could maybe make a small batch if people were interested at a decent price... Ive seen some for 35 frickin quid!!

Thanks ben

[bigred5765]

put me down for one cheers ben

[rcracer]

good to see the young guns getting into the design side of R/C could be a battle going on here ..keep it up guys good stuff.

[Lee]

ben ill take 4, one for each wheel

[warped]

Nice idea - Just a shame it won't work properly.

It will work for ensuring static balance of the wheel, but will tell you diddly squat about the dynamic balance of the wheel which is more critical.

There is a reason why full size tyre balancers don't work on this principle.

[Mike Hudson]

nice way to shoot the young lad down he'll know that seen as his dad runs an excellent specialist business in alloy wheel repairs! Don't think the more critical concept matters as much in rc racing seen as the wheels weigh so little and wouldn't make a huge difference compaired to real scale cars!