Lego wheel adaptors

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Mick this is a very helpful link,
After viewing I went to the Home page of
http://www.robotgear.com.au
And found 3 pages of "Wheel Mounts" of all sizes,
Just click on "Mechanics",
well worth a look.
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That looks good, it just means we need to make some lego hubcaps to cover the ugly lego wheels
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Will what's stopping you from making your own using a compass cutter and scrap 1mm plasti-card?
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Nothing at all. Although maybe a other project for the lathe and make some nice alloy hubs.
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Will When I put out suggestions to someone on the Forum I am really addressing everyone most of whom do not have access to a lathe (If Only) otherwise I would "PM" them. :haha:
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No problems

If more of us were able to pick up a lathe for £60 then more of us would certainly own a lathe hehe

Anyway it is a great find and will help many for sure.
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Once my adaptors arrive I will get them tested and let you know.
Another project due to arrive which is a 1/16 Scania 6x4. I want to use twin lots of the Tamiya twin motor drive. That should give me enough pulling power for a road based tank transporter. Let's hope these adaptors can handle the torque!

As for wheels I just need to find a close size Lego wheel to the Scania wheel. Then gonna turn off the outer part of the wheel and glue the centre onto the Lego wheel. Good looking wheel then
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Because http://www.robotgear.com.au only sell in the Australia and New Zealand area the better alternative in the UK is
http://www.proto-pic.co.uk
They are selling the Lego 3mm wheel adapters for £2-72 a pair plus £1-50 postage.
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Would these adapters work with the wpl trucks then?
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Meatball9584 wrote:Would these adapters work with the wpl trucks then?
They should, but think there are better things available on thingiverse, shapeways, and ebay now.
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