Thought Id share this as it is a bit more involved than some DIY stands and pretty proud of how its coming along. Taught myself a new skill. Always brazed steel, easy enough. Aluminum is another story. Tried a couple times a while back with horrible failure, this time I was determined to figure it out. And figure it out I did. All cause I am going to start buying everything to build a set of wheels for the first time. Rims, spokes/nipples, hubs. And cause it would have made life easier truing my rear wheel after yesturdays crash.
Starter sketches:
Materials
Starting mock up of cut and set parts. Used screws/nuts on main part of base to start and screwed to bench so I could mock up the rest of the base.
Now the fun, Brazing. First I started with my Oxy/MAP brazing torch set up.....TOO HOT TOO FAST. Made a mess, wasted a whole rod by the time I was done fixing it and still looks like CRAP but its plenty strong:
And then the other side, which looks so much better now that I got the technique down:
top of stand mock up, I came up with dual sliders. Designed to accept all the way up to 190mm hubs with little extra (my next bike WILL BE fat bike once i rebuild savings again for one). And this way wheel is always centered. Clearance SHOULD allow for largest current fatbike rim with tire and hopefully largest 29er+ set up. Allowed 2" extra vertical clearance beyond my 29er with 2.35 tire.
Not fully decided on set up for truing side and round im going to use yet. thinking dial indicator set up (just no indicators in the mounts for the time being) as coming in from sides of stand will make working around tires easier. And basic hinged plate with screw knob with plastic strip for roundness. Sliders are held in place with screw knob (well m5 bolts atm). Allows me to lock sliders in place and will dial/mark sliders for each hub size for quick set up.
Materials:
Had on hand: tools obviously and brazing supplies (though I need more brazing rod now). m5 rivet nuts (make life so much easier) and all the random bolts/nuts etc left over from other projects over the years. I NEVER throw out extra metric hardware lol.
Purchased so far:
$40 worth of aluminum stock from Home Depot (lack of options here)
1/2' C channel 8ft (only length they had)
3/4' square tubing 4ft
1" L beam 4ft ($20 in itself....)
To purchase:
Whatever I need based on what I decide to do for indicator set up. maybe another piece of aluminum based on what I need.
Starter sketches:
Materials
Starting mock up of cut and set parts. Used screws/nuts on main part of base to start and screwed to bench so I could mock up the rest of the base.
Now the fun, Brazing. First I started with my Oxy/MAP brazing torch set up.....TOO HOT TOO FAST. Made a mess, wasted a whole rod by the time I was done fixing it and still looks like CRAP but its plenty strong:
And then the other side, which looks so much better now that I got the technique down:
top of stand mock up, I came up with dual sliders. Designed to accept all the way up to 190mm hubs with little extra (my next bike WILL BE fat bike once i rebuild savings again for one). And this way wheel is always centered. Clearance SHOULD allow for largest current fatbike rim with tire and hopefully largest 29er+ set up. Allowed 2" extra vertical clearance beyond my 29er with 2.35 tire.
Not fully decided on set up for truing side and round im going to use yet. thinking dial indicator set up (just no indicators in the mounts for the time being) as coming in from sides of stand will make working around tires easier. And basic hinged plate with screw knob with plastic strip for roundness. Sliders are held in place with screw knob (well m5 bolts atm). Allows me to lock sliders in place and will dial/mark sliders for each hub size for quick set up.
Materials:
Had on hand: tools obviously and brazing supplies (though I need more brazing rod now). m5 rivet nuts (make life so much easier) and all the random bolts/nuts etc left over from other projects over the years. I NEVER throw out extra metric hardware lol.
Purchased so far:
$40 worth of aluminum stock from Home Depot (lack of options here)
1/2' C channel 8ft (only length they had)
3/4' square tubing 4ft
1" L beam 4ft ($20 in itself....)
To purchase:
Whatever I need based on what I decide to do for indicator set up. maybe another piece of aluminum based on what I need.
