This would seem to be something that a skilled machinist could readily make.
I have a drawing of the idea (came with my wire wheels) and, of course, a
wheel. Someone in our club has a significant other who is a gunsmith &
machinist and has asked if anyone needed lathe work.
I suppose the one other thing would be to know the diameter of the shaft the
cone mounts on on the balancing machine.
This would seem to be a good club project with the club holding onto the
tool and lending it out to be taken to the tire shop for their use &
returned. I have spoken to a local tire shop and they (say they) are
willing to use this to balance wires (probably because of the tires they
will sell if they will do this).
I drive a bit too much and buy tires a bit to often to be shipping them off
somewhere everytime I get a new set.
Am I missing something here or is this a reasonable approach?
Geo
----- Original Message -----
From: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>
> The proper cones are very rare, especially outside of places that
> specialize
> in wire wheels (like Hendrix and Valley Wire Wheel in Van Nuys, CA) but
> they
> do exist.
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