Show me your homemade ring rollers

I'd like to widen a set of wheels and would like to build a ring roller. I'd be interested in seeing yours. Any advice is welcome. I know it would probably be cheeper and easier to let the machine shop do it but, where's the fun in that?

 

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I built it to make the edge piece for the cowl of my MGB project. I also formed the upper and lower channels for the windshield and the adjuster hand wheel for my english wheel

 

I read through some of your MGB project. Wow! I'm impressed. My skill level is nowhere near where you're at. I do know good work when I see it though and this my friend is GOOD work. Thanks for posting.

 

Thanks. Take a look here on the Welding Web, I did a search on ring rollers and there are some good ideas. http://weldingweb.com/search.php?searchid=3349251

Here are some pictures of other people's machines that I have saved over the years







View attachment Ring Roller Dim's.pdf

 

You should check out http://www.metalmeet.com/forum/index.php . These guy's have crazy mad skills. Thanks again and for the extra pics and link.

 

If your skill levels are not very high indeed, you should have a pro build
your wheels. I am not trying to discourage you at all, but wheels are very much safety related items. Have fun building and learning new and better skills on things that are not so critical to yours and other peoples safety.

 

When i was doing a set I took a tape measure to the local salvage yard and found a set of rims very close to mine.Then I took them to my friend and he cut the back lip off of mine on his lathe and added 5" to it using the other rims.He cut them on a angle so they slip together ,trued them up (better than my factory wheels were ) and welded them up,all on the lathe.I ended up with a 13" wide wheels from my 8" rims.Ran them 5 yrs. no problems.

...Remember safety first Your life depends on it...

Steve

 

For widening wheels you don't need a ring roller, you need a slip roller. A 3 drum(common) or 4 drum (even better) slip should be found most any metal fab shop. For a few bucks you could cut the metal your self and have them rolled. Find out before hand whether the job will be done on a 3 or 4 roll machine. If it is a 3 drum you will have to add about 10" to the over all lenghth so you will have enough stock to trim off the lead in and trailing ends.
Even better go to heywheel.com and order hoops and put them on your centers.

 

I've been thinking about buying one but I can sure build it a lot cheaper. Thanks for the inspiration!

 

I agree, if you have the time and all of the components. Otherwise I'm finding that after I buy all of the stuff that I need, my time is worth nothing.