Re: 70 b body with woodgrain weel
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3) Yes I have seen it at Carlisle this year.....can't remember the vendor off the top of my head....
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Re: 70 b body with woodgrain weel
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11/01/07 12:07 PM
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Jeff, if you mean the steel ring, you'll likely have to find one from a donor wheel ... but then you might as well just re-finish the complete wheel. I'm sure there is some source out there in the manufacturing world but none that I've come across yet.
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Re: 70 b body with woodgrain weel
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Here are a series of photos showing a wheel I recently completed. It also was missing it's outer steel ring but I had a spare one lying around.
This is a crack in the rim and the groove where the ring should be.
Doug Lepak
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Re: 70 b body with woodgrain weel
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Next the original groove is filled with resin and then a layer of random weave carbon fiber cloth is applied around the outside of the rim and across any cracks.
2 coats of resin are spread over the carbon fiber building a shell around the wheel. The gaps around and behind the inner ring are also filled so it is no longer loose.
Doug Lepak
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Re: 70 b body with woodgrain weel
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On to the sanding. The resin is filed and sanded down so it leaves the rings flush with the surface of the rim. Nothing will be coming loose on this wheel again.
The inner ring.
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Re: 70 b body with woodgrain weel
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More painting ! Several coats of clear acrylic urethane (Glasurit/BASF brand paints) are sprayed on the rim. This seals the wood graining and the steel rings under a smooth incredibly durable surface.
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Re: 70 b body with woodgrain weel
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After the clear sets for a few days I buff down the finish to a satin sheen that duplicates the factory look.
Voila ! Plus I can re-plate the spokes to the proper satin sheen. The wheel pictured has had the spokes re-plated.
Last edited by stwheels; 11/01/07 12:58 PM.
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