[fragger6662000]

here are some of the part that i have made with my converted Lathe.



i am in the process of building a wheel hub for my road bike. The small shaft is the main shaft and the large part is the hub before the drilling the flanges. i plan to make another hub as the initial chucking caused damage to one of the flanges. so far the total weight is 78g for the two parts and the bearings.

[Fastest1]

What do you weigh? I am a Clydesdale and dont like breakage. No titanium spindles for me due to a nice scar on the inside of my leg as my "dangly" bits were violently smashed onto the top tube. Hell that memory hurts! That was on a mountain bike though. Day started by breaking the lightweight seatpost. Ripped it out and continued the ride because I was feeling great, til the spindle mentioned above broke. Have you ever noticed that bad luck comes in 3's?

[fragger6662000]

i weigh about 180lb but it is only for road use so should be ok for that.

[Fastest1]

I hope so and I do agree a road bike shouldnt inflict the same kinds of loads. Plus I am in the 240 range.

[fragger6662000]

finished parts after anodising

[Memran]

Superb looking hub! Well done!

Also, I love how radial spokes look for front wheels. There's no was I could lace like that on my downhill mtb.

[aarggh]

Fantastic job, I love the rich red anodising! I'm really keen to have a go at anodising myself when I've finished my workshop, I've heard it's not as hard as it seems?

cheers,
Ian

[fragger6662000]

I did have the advantage that the material was the anodizing grade, which is not the best for machining and mechanically.

[BAMCNC.COM]

Do you have an anodizing kit?

[Me2]

Do you have any photo's of your lathe, tooling setup etc. What program are you using to create the machining code?
Nice job on the hubs.

Cam

[luv2ride]

I saw these back when you posted originally but never saw the finished product, looks great! Machine builds are great but I love seeing finished parts that guys are making!

[twocik]

Great job man ! Are you machining the locking washers or buying them ?

[fragger6662000]

I machined them and glued and press fitted them onto the end caps and not had any issues with them.