For the salt and especially on a bike I wouldn't think you want any square
edges. So wouldn't you have to grind on some sort of radius? Makes things a
little trickier.
JB
----- Original Message -----
From: "The Weldons" <2weldons@earthlink.net>
To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Cc: <Nt788@aol.com>
Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 3:20 PM
Subject: Subject: Re: Shaving Tires
> Jack's right-- You don't machine rubber, you grind it. Test a thick chunk
on
> a coarse sanding disk and go from there. A guy could easily develop his
own
> rig. Has to be a rigid setup with the tire running true and no deflection
in
> the grinder mount. Might work spinning the tire on the car; but I'd try
to
> gimmick some way of clamping the grinder to the axle housing and sweeping
it
> parallel to the rotating centerline or on a template. Or possibly mount a
> front hub off a thick reinforced concrete floor (now's the time to build
that
> concrete walkway your wife has always wanted) and build a drive pulley
mount
> that attaches to the lug bolt circle. Drill some anchor bolt holes for the
> grinder mounted so it can be moved across the tire profile and be reset
for
> deeper cuts. (Howcom Jack's ideas come out in so few words while mine take
> hundreds?)
> Ed Weldon
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