Since i do most of the work on my cars by myself, I wondering if any of you guys have made, or know where to buy a Machine to SLOWLY Spin the wheel/tire Any help ideas. I would like to pinstripe some wheels, also polish some American racing mags. Now i know i can jack up one side and let the wheel spin like that, but like i said i'm usually by myself. I'm just not sure i want to do this by myself.Any ideas/help. Thanks. B K
Well a spin balancer like mine is going to be way too fast. I'm thinking that you could come up with a speed controlled motor that had a pulley on it to drive a small roller that in the end spun the tire at the speed you wanted.
A long time ago when I was working at a fleet shop, I would save the chunks of exhaust pipe to weld together. I made a tool to rotate the pipe as I would weld. It consisted of a wiper motor with the short arm removed from it. I drilled a hole centered in a hockey puck (yeah, I'm Canadian and theres lots laying around) and mounted it to the motor shaft, and that would urn the pipe. I used a headlight switch reostat to control the speed. Worked good made from s**** parts.
Front spindle on a table. Lay the wheel on it have the helper turn the wheel. Do some practice turns to get the helper up to speed.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/220V-60W-A...375999?hash=item4b62b1f13f:g:kvgAAOSwAzVctD61 Watch Ebay and you will find 110 volt ones too. Be sure to get one with a controller, because not all controllers work with all motors. Then cobble up something with an old rear end axle and a sprocket or pulley and you can adjust the speed to suit you.
Instead of rotating the wheel, you might consider bolting something to the center of the wheel that would rotate.and having an arm come out to where you want the pin stripe and rotate that. Kinda like a drafting comp*** with a brush or pinstripe tool on the end.
Find an old tread mill and get the motor and speed controller and a roller or two. Then you have all the parts needed to fab what you want.
Hello, I needed to check on flat tires/punctures prior to getting ready for a long family vacation. My son and I had made some R/C cars with some powerful motors. Some models were 2 wheel drive and others all wheel drive. It was the motors that made the power. It was not the store bought units, but the ones with the separate ch***is, body, suspension parts, etc... a miniature car build from parts. The yellow with red flames is a two wheel drive model… the red with water drop flames combo is an all wheel drive. Before we went on an all California coastal drive to the SF Bay area and north, then return homeward in the mountain/desert regions of California, I had to make sure the tires were in great shape, without any hidden punctures or nails stuck in the deep treads. I got tired of moving the car forward and backward, so I devised a wheel turner with a remote control handle. The reversed painted bodies can be easily removed with body pins. The bare ch***is and motor then got raised on a 2x4 platform. I could control the speed of the rear tires on the two wheel drive truck with the pistol grip controller. Set and taped on a low speed, I could move the 2x4 plate forward to the jacked up on jack stands tires/wheel combo. The powerful R/C truck motors spun the wheel at almost any speed. But for my purposes, I could check the tread depths for any shiny nailhead (not a Buick, either) sticking out or deep within the black rubber core. The motors were set to spin the tire at will and I could check the various areas of the tread while watching the slowly moving tire. If there was a glimmer of shine or silver, then hand turned tire action was necessary. Jnaki It was a miniature version of an old time on-the-car wheel spinner/balancer like @MR48CHEV has shown in his post. Only, I can put the painted body back on and chase my toddler son all over the backyard with the powerful R/C trucks. P.S. The two wheel drive truck ch***is was better as only two wheels spun on command. With the all-wheel drive ch***is, the 4 tires spun, but the set up was different and not always as simple as it should have been.
Hell, roll the whole treadmill under the tire on the car and set it on slow........then you can do some walking afterwards....
I used to use an old record player / turntable to pinstripe pedal car wheels. 33-1/3, 45, & 78 speeds...a little modification/ reinforcement and it might work for rims.
How about a readymade welding positioner and then add one of those bubble balancer cones to center the wheel. https://www.ebay.com/itm/US-110V-Ro...Lv5PairwiseWeb&_trksid=p2386202.c100677.m4598 Bubble Balancer https://www.amazon.com/Ejoyous-Port...ywords=bubble+balancer&qid=1604335631&sr=8-13 Or build this.... https://www.ebay.com/i/123931118951?chn=ps
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