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File:Laird-McCauley CNC Wheel Profiler.JPG|The CNC Wheel Profiler started life as an automobile brake lathe. | File:Laird-McCauley CNC Wheel Profiler.JPG|The CNC Wheel Profiler started life as an automobile brake lathe. | ||
File:Laird-McCauley CNC Wheel Profiler 2.jpeg|In the close up picture you can see a wheel being profiled on the far left of the picture. The black square object on the far right is the stepper motor that drives the X axis. | File:Laird-McCauley CNC Wheel Profiler 2.jpeg|In the close up picture you can see a wheel being profiled on the far left of the picture. The black square object on the far right is the stepper motor that drives the X axis. In the bottom center of the picture the stepper motor driving the Y axis can be seen. | ||
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Latest revision as of 21:53, 23 August 2020
Bill Laird wrote, 3 August 2020
I find turning wheels a tiresome, boring chore, so several years ago I partnered with Terry McCauley and together we built an automated wheel profiling machine. We started with an old automobile brake lathe found on Craigslist, picture attached. Added a custom programmed chip to control two stepper motors that moved a lathe bit in the X axis and Y axis. It will CNC machine the profile of a wheel to the IBLS Wheel Standard. It will handle wheels from 3 inches to 12 inches diameter and any thickness to accommodate 1.5 inch scale to 5 inch scale wheels. To use the device the user faces off the back of a wheel casting and bores the axle hole on an engine lathe. Then the wheel is mounted on the profiling machine using various sized arbors to match the diameter of the axle hole. The finished wheel diameter is input via a control panel, the machine is started and it automatically CNC profiles the wheel.
The CNC Wheel Profiler started life as an automobile brake lathe.
In the close up picture you can see a wheel being profiled on the far left of the picture. The black square object on the far right is the stepper motor that drives the X axis. In the bottom center of the picture the stepper motor driving the Y axis can be seen.
