Centre cap refurb jig
11-10-2017, 08:32 AM
#1
Thread Starter
Centre cap refurb jig
Anyone any good at 3D cad and 3D printing, I'm not!
I had a notion that we could produce a "club tool" to help reworking centre caps.
It would need to be a cylinder with an ID of 70mm (possibly 71 or 72 by trial and error) an OD wide enough to provide some rigidity say giving 5mm wall, deep enough to let the bottom edge of the cap to be filed say 8mm. Some support for the 5 clips to prevent the cap rotating in the jig. A rigid bottom 10mm or so and a hole in the bottom to accept a 5mm bolt with washers and nut. The whole thing would be mounted into a drill chuck or whatever to allow removal of the old finish, help in applying speed tape to the cap and "scotchbriteing" the foil, and for spinning whilst applying a sealing finish. I can do a hand drawn sketch of what I'm on about. any volunteers? I cant even draw a circle in CAD!
I had a notion that we could produce a "club tool" to help reworking centre caps.
It would need to be a cylinder with an ID of 70mm (possibly 71 or 72 by trial and error) an OD wide enough to provide some rigidity say giving 5mm wall, deep enough to let the bottom edge of the cap to be filed say 8mm. Some support for the 5 clips to prevent the cap rotating in the jig. A rigid bottom 10mm or so and a hole in the bottom to accept a 5mm bolt with washers and nut. The whole thing would be mounted into a drill chuck or whatever to allow removal of the old finish, help in applying speed tape to the cap and "scotchbriteing" the foil, and for spinning whilst applying a sealing finish. I can do a hand drawn sketch of what I'm on about. any volunteers? I cant even draw a circle in CAD!
11-16-2017, 08:42 AM
#2
Thread Starter
Anyone any good at 3D cad and 3D printing, I'm not!
I had a notion that we could produce a "club tool" to help reworking centre caps.
It would need to be a cylinder with an ID of 70mm (possibly 71 or 72 by trial and error) an OD wide enough to provide some rigidity say giving 5mm wall, deep enough to let the bottom edge of the cap to be filed say 8mm. Some support for the 5 clips to prevent the cap rotating in the jig. A rigid bottom 10mm or so and a hole in the bottom to accept a 5mm bolt with washers and nut. The whole thing would be mounted into a drill chuck or whatever to allow removal of the old finish, help in applying speed tape to the cap and "scotchbriteing" the foil, and for spinning whilst applying a sealing finish. I can do a hand drawn sketch of what I'm on about. any volunteers? I cant even draw a circle in CAD!
I had a notion that we could produce a "club tool" to help reworking centre caps.
It would need to be a cylinder with an ID of 70mm (possibly 71 or 72 by trial and error) an OD wide enough to provide some rigidity say giving 5mm wall, deep enough to let the bottom edge of the cap to be filed say 8mm. Some support for the 5 clips to prevent the cap rotating in the jig. A rigid bottom 10mm or so and a hole in the bottom to accept a 5mm bolt with washers and nut. The whole thing would be mounted into a drill chuck or whatever to allow removal of the old finish, help in applying speed tape to the cap and "scotchbriteing" the foil, and for spinning whilst applying a sealing finish. I can do a hand drawn sketch of what I'm on about. any volunteers? I cant even draw a circle in CAD!
11-17-2017, 07:43 AM
#4
Thread Starter
11-30-2017, 03:19 AM
#6
Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Bristol
Posts: 107
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I just used a hole saw drill bit, covered in enough masking tape to make it a tight fit inside the centre cap.
See further down this particular post in my old project thread:
https://www.s2ki.com/forums/uk-irela.../#post23213588
See further down this particular post in my old project thread:
https://www.s2ki.com/forums/uk-irela.../#post23213588
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
newyawkballa
Wheels and Tires
3
12-23-2011 09:42 PM