Finished this about 5 minutes ago

I've been working on this wheel in my head for about a year now. I wanted to do a lacing pattern that was a little more difficult than normal. This one wheel took about 5 hours to make
What do you think?







Jimmy

 

cool,now take it back apart and chrome it!

 

looks bad ass

what size is the wheel

 

Wow nice, i bet that drove you half nuts!!
Trued up and everything?

 

damn...you got some patience that's for sure. Awesome! 1 down 3 to go.

 

Astounding!

 

Nice work, do you have spokes in your brain. Better do a scan.

 

"What tangled webs we weave"!!! LOL

 

Hey looks great - can you tell me what I am looking at? Did you punch all the holes for the spokes custom in a raw rim and hub? Did you bend the spokes for the custom holes? What kind of hub is that? will it fit early ford hubs? does it need a spacer like other early wires? Did you start with a british wheel like is off an MG?

 

Jimmy you are a lace maniac!!!

 

I think, I don't want to have to clean something like that. Sure looks good though.

 

Wow, that wheel style reminds me of the higher priced early big cars in the 30s.

 

Looks real good... nice work man

 

Similar to a lip lace or rim lace Borrani from the 1950s - very cool wheel$$$. Borranis have aluminum rims. Nice 1 Jimmy.

 

Looks bad ass !! Left or Right ?? >>>>.

 

i'm curious what the process is to make a wheel like that.

 

WOW! WOW! WOW! and WOW!!!! I want a set, how much?

-Saint

 

I love spoke wheels, I had a set on my 35, they where red with chrome spokes.

 

to many spokes for me.

 

That's a lot of nipples..

 

i have issues lacing a bicycle wheel...WOW!!

 

what no twisted spokes???............serious thats kool,I can see alotta guys being able to use a strong wheel that also looks good

 

That makes MY nipples hurt!

Get it, nipples... I crack myself up.

Nice work, that would great on a 50's caddy or Imperial.

 

I'm thinking I'm gunna have the rim and hub powdercoated and use stainless spokes

Its a 16x4.5" Rim, I'm thinking it would look better as an 18"

The worst part is when you have to take it apart to get other spokes in. It's not true yet but that part wont be very hard. I made it so it will be pretty easy to true.

I did all the dimples and drilling of the holes, and had to cut and thread all the spokes because I didn't have any that were the right size. It's a Tall Hub Mclean center, And I had to fill up the bottom spoke holes and redrill them into the right places. It can fit anything I make it for, and it does not need a spacer. Like I said I started with a McLean Hub, everything else is new.

I kinda copied the lace pattern off of a #6 Buffalo, which came on duesenbergs and many other things

 

I did all the dimples and drilling of the hole, and had to cut and thread all the spoke because I didn't have any that were the right size. It's a Tall Hub Mclean center, And I had to fill up the bottom spoke holes and redrill them into the right places. It can fit anything I make it for, and it does not need a spacer. Like I said I started with a McLean Hub, everything else is new.


WOW - that is some true craftsmanship. Very impressive!

 

I smell a tech article here !!!! We must see all stages . Be sure to photograph each step as you are building my wheels

 

very cool

 

5 hours? That would have taken me 5 years and it still would have been all f'd up and off center.

 

Will these be going into production ?

 

Very Nice Work!