Casting and Machining a Flywheel

[intheshitter]

Just wondering, but would it be possible make your own car rims using this method?

[myfordboy]

@intheshitter You could make it ok but i wouldn't like to put my life on a home cast wheel. Special alloys would be used for the material.

[ginsboy2003]

Excellent work!

[honeybunchickens]

nice work

[vincent7520]

I'm impressed…

[TheTexaradoan]

Awesome !!!!

[nlo114]

Did you fit a steel boss to the wheel centre?

[myfordboy]

@nlo114 Yes, I fit a steel insert with an internal taper and use a collet with a matching taper on the crankshaft.

[myfordboy]

Yes they are ( not the lathe obviously! )

[bazengao]

are all those tools homemade?

[fegolem]

How do you know it's balanced? How do you measure and adjust for balance?

[myfordboy]

@fegolem Its not too critical these engines only rev a 400rpm max.

[TheFred1952]

great job love it

[Chinogsx]

Pure genius! I wish I had your abilities!

[3goldy]

Do you use water / oil to make the cutting more efficent?

[myfordboy]

@3goldy WD40 is good for alloy and I use a neat cutting oil on steel.

[Axbent]

thx for reminding me about the spindle raiser, its a good idea (that I thought of as well but you prove works)! Toyo used to make a "facing lathe", something I've seen on Lathes.co.uk, this is like a piggyback version!

[wackedoutdude]

Awsome as usual. I love the riser/spacer.

[camden199]

what kind of talc do you use?

[myfordboy]

@camden199 I usualy use Johnsons baby powder or whatever Mrs myfordboy has in the bathroom cabinet. Check the contents are talc because I belive it can be different in some parts of the world.

[stillbashingmetal]

Fantastic videos. It's great to see you making these items. It's even better when I realise that you are making these in a home workshop using your skills and ingenuity. How on earth you manage this on a small home lathe astounds me. I am seriously impressed! Thanks very much for posting.

[bigchrisrogers]

Really great videos, not just for the superb content, but the production is so good. I love that you have no music, in fact the sounds on your videos add to the interest, birdsong and occasional traffic in the background set the scene for a craftsman in his country workshop. Then to hear the tools cutting steel in so many ways, the sounds of gears, pulleys, cranks etc. Fantastic.

[ZS6JMP]

You sir, are a jack off all trades. Watching you work is pure joy.

[workshopshed]

I do like your additional gadgets like the roller using links (rather than gears) and the spindle riser.

Do you not need to machine off those sprue points and the bit where the casting seems to have joined two of the spokes together?

[pkqkennywood]

i have watched all your videos... so when the wifey calls you, you will know why..lol

i was meaning an engine of your design.. that upright is sweet..

[pkqkennywood]

have you ever made your own engine? because your like a metal guru...

[myfordboy]

@pkqkennywood All the parts I make are for my own engines, see my other videos.

[jbrannon69]

wow you are a very talented man ! i love the videos keep them coming. and did you do a video on how you made your riser for the lathe?

[myfordboy]

@jbrannon69  No video on the spindel raiser I made that some time ago.

[jbrannon69]

@myfordboy oh well thanks anyways keep up the awesome work.

[lancefitzgiben]

I am impressed by your abilities. Keep these videos coming please!

[RCpilot2008]

Nice video! I like everything about it especiaaly that Slip Roller. Do you have a video on that roller or plans available to make one? That is the most simple practical design for a slip roll that I have seen so far.

[coriander2]

Like the raising device.Your idea? Like watching your videos, very informative and interesting. If they still taught this stuff in secondary schools, we would still be a manufacturing nation. I admire your skills. Thanks for posting.

[dbenny1000]

First time viewer...awesome work!

[noxagol]

Wish I had your shop

[joleenmorganjohn]

Awsome video!! That spindle riser is vary interesting. Could you put a vid up of more details about it? Like what type of bearings you used. Any limitations with its use. Thanks

[myfordboy]

@joleenmorganjohn Taper roller bearings are fitted. Drive is taken from gear keyed to a 2 morse taper arbor mounted in the lathe headstock. Lathe is run in reverse. Mandril has same thread as the lathe so can use faceplate & chuck. As it only gets occasional use, I have not made a raised toolpost but use 2 angle plates bolted together. Also I have not made a matching tailsock so to bore the flywheel , a rough hole needs to be made in the flywheel casting before it is mounted on the faceplate.

[joleenmorganjohn]

@myfordboy Thanks for the details. Awsome videos! I love the utilization. Vary imppressive!!

[Dach101]

great vid. I love the small engine in the background when you are rolling the rims

[tungstenfusion]

:D>

[chrissd40]

Amazing stuff here, you must be one clever guy. The lathe attachment for increasing swing was a new one on me...wow! Beautiful casting by the way.

[1pbean]

I want to build a similar sheet metal roller using your design. If you don't mind, could you give me some idea of what the spacing between the lower rollers should be? And, the diameter of the rollers? Thanks!

[highrollacustoms]

WOW GREAT WORK!!! I so got to meet this man in real life, Bravo.

[eddragon76]

this model is wood?

[sven8t4]

liking the ploughing engine in the background!

[41Zman]

whats the purpose of filling the rim with lead. does this help make the flywheel heavier?

[myfordboy]

A good flywheel has a heavy rim. The lead filling and steel rim make this possible.

[41Zman]

ok. im use to Big flywheels that weigh in at 200 lbs + i don't own any model engines yet and thats why i asked

[blackgoldlover1]

great work

[kommodorez24]

damn, you have some really good fabrication skills, very very very great video, and yout other videos are great too!

thanks a lot for sharing this, is very motivating.

[redoorn]

by the way, you have posted the best technique videos , ever.

[vehiculeselectriques]

Hi,

thanks for sharing your good work and brillant ideas, i'm having the same lathe size problem for machining my casted wheels.

I would have wanted to see gating you used here as it's the more critical for such beautiful casting ...

could you comment on that please ?

Philippe

[myfordboy]

Nothing special about the gating realy. Metal fed in at centre line on one side with a riser on the oposite side. A core was used to make the casting hollow.

[electramechdotcom]

You are doing a great job with these videos, please post more! Thanks!

[JCLabs]

Excellent video once again. I love your technique for weighting flywheels.

One Question: If your using a two part pattern, why don't you add the groove for the lead into the pattern? It would save you some machining time.

[JCLabs]

Nevermind... I just looked at it again and realized adding a groove would cause an undercut... I'm still a bit new to paternmaking.

[myfordboy]

Thank you. Good idea but to cast the groove would need a 3 part box or a core.( False cheek)

More work involved in producing the casting. Doesn't take long to machine the groove.

[UGLandrum]

Wow, very neat, you give hope to all hobbyists everywhere that we too can build precise complex contraptions.

[Lagartija219]

Thx! Any vid on that or any chance of sharin experience. Sure would help

[Lagartija219]

Great Vid. Q: the spindle raiser? Your design and making. I'm currently machining lots of motorbike sprockets and always have to use another friends lathe and that means 160kms! Sure could do with one of those!

[myfordboy]

Yes my own design and making.

I too had to visit a friend to turn bigger stuff. I didn't have to travel as far as you though!

Well worth making.

[barumman]

Good video, I like your spindle raiser.

I bet you have muscles like Popeye after

rolling up those rims.  10/10

[johnrob281]

Great video series. I've enjoyed and leaned from each one. Keep them coming! ---John---

[regpye]

After looking at the video again, I must say I am also impressed with the simple design of the roller, no gears and straight forward to make. Was that one of your designs also?

[myfordboy]

The rolls are my own design. they were designed for sheet metal really so I am giving them hell here !

Rolls are quartered together like loco wheels.

[regpye]

Wonderful idea, saved me some work I think.

I was going to cut a keyed recess in the side of the alloy flywheel and pour lead in on the side and then machine off. You way puts the weight right on the outside where it is needed most.

Thanks for video, great work again.