Rim Straightening Table Jig

Tall T

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finally arrives from Louisville, kentucky.

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When I want to back the rim up to use the table edge curve as the back dolly, then that articulated piece on the stand will come up to support the opposing side of the rim so it doesn't slide off the 27" table top. :lol:
 

I never understood what you meant by custom rims but now I see they were hat rims that had been modified... Why any one would want wider rims I dunno it must be a man thang... I do and don't understand the gizmo but understand locking it down its haft of the battle so will wait for more pix (its a man thang)...

I don't have a special gizmo so would use a punch bit in a air chisel and back off from the inside of the lip and let it lightly tap the lip back in place a little at a time,,, Tell you the truth I would not want that job...
 
Hi Hobo,

You wrote:
"I never understood what you meant by custom rims but now I see they were hat rims that had been modified... Why any one would want wider rims I dunno it must be a man thang... I do and don't understand the gizmo but understand locking it down its haft of the battle so will wait for more pix (its a man thang)... "

I like the look of the wide tires and they do add a little weight.
I was just kidding pretty much about the jug. What happened was when I repaired the first rim I used a 2" thick round plate up on top of the heavy wooden box off my carry all. I did so much beating I was driving the thing apart so I decided I wanted a better surface and a slower curve to conform to the curved part of the rim needing the straigntening.

I've had this old Louisville stand thing from a laundry building in the 40's and I put a steel plate on it. There were two bolt holes tapped right through it and through the big plate. I just left it welded there for years thinking I might utilize those threaded holes somehow.

But wanting nothing around the edge, for the sake of rim-truing
and for a clear surface for other things, I proceeded to cut the welds to remove it but I had a heck of a time! I couldn't figure out why with all my cutting and banging chisels it would not let go. Close to exasperation I cut that small slab in half and the next time I beat at it with big hammer and chisel, the 1/2 plate turned!~!!

Well. . . as it turns out there were two threaded headless studs holding that 6" plate to the slab . . . BEFORE they fully welded it. So I managed to actually unscrew the two pieces from the top.

You wrote:

"I don't have a special gizmo so would use a punch bit in a air chisel and back off from the inside of the lip and let it lightly tap the lip back in place a little at a time,,, Tell you the truth I would not want that job..."

I've got that leveling gizmo at the back that I just put an outrigger on, so now I have a curved table top dolly under the lip that conforms more to the curve of the rim (and the rim is made to lay level) so it supports a larger area. It will be a breeze -- less work by eye, to straighten the second rim now.

Thanks for the visit,
Terry

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yup.. I wouldn't want it either. the other pics he posted show the guy with the tire sledge was like lightning.. hitting everywhere.

guess they didn't own a 6" piece of wood block to beat on....
 

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