I congratulate him for what he built, he has some pretty cool mag wheelsīombardier Invitation (Now officially DEAD) I don't have the skills or the tools, so I had to build a sewer pipe/boatlift wheeled contraption, borrowing heavily from Cat Sailor Mike. His time is free, as it's a hobby project. The guy obviously has the tech tools due to his line of work, or he's a hobby machinist. That is like saying it cost me $500 to swap wheels because I use a compressor, & air wrenches. You really can't factor the cost of a lathe, TIG etc as he didn't buy them for the project. If no one ever tried to build a better mousetrap, we'd all still own cats. In the end he sits with those who think the real McCoy are not overpriced, but what's wrong with applying some skills to arrive at a logical conclusion? Use small tacks to get started.Īfter welding both sides of the plate I chucked the hub back into the lathe to face it up.Ĭarolina started his post by stating the fact that many believe it is cheap/easy to make a set, & rather than promulgate old wives tales & myths, he went ahead to try & prove or disprove the theory. I built a simple jig to help hold the flanges evenly on the tube for welding. Next I marked the flanges and drilled and tapped them. After this I cleaned up the rough cut from the saw. I did not take pictures but it is the same idea as above. I did this with another smaller hole saw. The next step is to open up the flange to allow it to fit over the 3" tube. (Your obviously using the larger diameter in this picture) You will probably need to make your own heavy duty arbor, none of mine where up to this job. Mark carefully to get the most out of the plate. The first step was to cut some 6" hub flanges for the wheels I did this by loading a big hole saw into the drill press. Here is a general mock of how the tube fits in the wheels (it doesn't) I paid $25 each for the wheels, $35 for the tube and $40 for the plate that is pictured. 5" aluminum plate and some 3" aluminum tube. I started thinking that these could easily be turned into cat-trax.
This project started when I was at the local scrap yard and saw a set of aluminum golf cart wheels that were set aside for sale. I decided to make 2 pairs for myself to see if indeed it is any cheaper, I will also share costs and processes. Every once in a while someone comes along and asks about homemade beach wheels convinced they would be much cheaper than a set from cat-trax.
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