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  1. ruzter

    Maching a Ford Super Duty Wheel Hub to Make a Wheel Adapter for a VW

    Janger: ok thanks!
  2. ruzter

    Maching a Ford Super Duty Wheel Hub to Make a Wheel Adapter for a VW

    Well originally I was hoping to have it done for the car show at the church on Wye road and clover bar in late August but you know how that is. I have three weeks off in early August when I'm hoping to get lots done. Again you know how that goes. I'll try to take some pictures and post them in...
  3. ruzter

    Maching a Ford Super Duty Wheel Hub to Make a Wheel Adapter for a VW

    I will :) when there is something to see besides a half tore apart VW :)
  4. ruzter

    Maching a Ford Super Duty Wheel Hub to Make a Wheel Adapter for a VW

    Aluminum wheels have new lug holes! just need to chamfer them. My first time really milling. Gotta love a DRO. I may put dummy lugs in to fill the unused holes. Anyone know why the pics come in rotated and how to fix them?
  5. ruzter

    Maching a Ford Super Duty Wheel Hub to Make a Wheel Adapter for a VW

    Thanks! I wont be using those tires. They are 16 inch rims so I can get almost any tire I want and it is a wide rim so I can use a wide tire. Plus I got them for $30 a piece. I have some 265 wide tires to try, I will have to see if they are too big. I picked a 8 lug rim because it is easy to...
  6. ruzter

    Maching a Ford Super Duty Wheel Hub to Make a Wheel Adapter for a VW

    I have a Volksrod project. For my rear wheels, I need a wheel adapter to go from VW beetle 4x130mm to 8 x 170mm which is a ford super duty F250. needless to say they don't make this and I would be too cheap to buy them anyways. Here is a mockup I CNC'ed from MDF I got the front hubs today...
  7. ruzter

    Edmonton Meet ups & local info

    Thanks Eric, also looking at doing a Volksrod now. No shortage or things to do!
  8. ruzter

    Edmonton Meet ups & local info

    Darrel here in Sherwood Park. I have a lathe but also a friend with the machine job :-). I like the metal work for motorcyclesand whatever else it is all cool. I love the look of aluminum that I polished myself. I'm interested in good sources of metal because I am cheap :). i'm interested to see...
  9. ruzter

    Old motorcycle projects

    very nice. I'm in to motorcycles too.my main project right now is a café racer 81 Gold wing. We machined fork extensions to mount the clip on handlebars to. turned out very very nice. That's what made me buy my own lathe. I bought a couple exit DW 650s but then realized I didn't need five...
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