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| x1124x |
 Posted: Sat May 23, 2020 2:29 pm |
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Anyone built a jig or anything to do custom wheel wells?
Ive seen some WONKY handheld dremel jobs that make me cringe.
I found a pretty cool blog by a guy who built a jig out of a baseplate and allowed him to create perfect wheel wills with a drill and drum sander bit.
Anyone else done anything like this? |
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| slob-air |
| Posted: Sun May 24, 2020 10:09 am |
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| Parker |
| Posted: Sun May 24, 2020 5:14 pm |
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I’ve done a bunch with a hand held circular grinder. Hashed one or two but got it down pretty sweet.
If you’re using a hand held I’d do a dummy run on loose timber before hand. |
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| charlieee |
| Posted: Mon May 25, 2020 3:46 am |
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Rasp and sandpaper....plus elbow grease
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| plankskate |
| Posted: Mon May 25, 2020 6:29 am |
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slob-air wrote: I use a small belt sander. Works out quite well.
I've done the same as well. Take Parker's suggestion that do some test ones on a random piece of lumber first.
I've made a cardboard template and traced the well size i'm going for and just go slow.
Here's the machine Powell uses:
Picture borrowed from this factor tour story:
https://theeasyrider.com/powell-factory-tour-with-george-stacy/
It shouldn't be too hard to create a jig like this for a drill with a drum sander or a belt sander. |
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| x1124x |
| Posted: Tue May 26, 2020 7:43 am |
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Thanks for all the responses. I found the original article where theguy built a jig.
https://www.peterverdone.com/1984-2/
Pretty interesting. Possibly over-engineered but I love this stuff |
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| swelbow |
| Posted: Tue May 26, 2020 8:25 am |
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Me too!
For a while it was only Skaterbuilt. Now more companies are bringing them back- Polar, Madness, Alva, Dogtown... |
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| charlieee |
| Posted: Wed May 27, 2020 7:02 am |
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| Parker |
| Posted: Wed May 27, 2020 5:08 pm |
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| OldSchoolKid |
| Posted: Thu May 28, 2020 2:20 pm |
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x1124x wrote: Thanks for all the responses. I found the original article where theguy built a jig.
https://www.peterverdone.com/1984-2/
Pretty interesting. Possibly over-engineered but I love this stuff
Holy crap, that website is a rabbit hole. |
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