Most liked posts in thread: Yeah, this one's off the wall for sure

  1. FUEGO

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    #2 FUEGO, May 4, 2009
    Mike - how about a pic next time you have the wheels off? :)
     
  2. Mike

    Mike New Member

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    #3 Mike, May 4, 2009
    Yep, I'll update the post tonight.
     
  3. bstaps

    bstaps New Member

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    #4 bstaps, May 4, 2009
    I would rather see that than the newest CF doodad any day.

    You do some amazing things
     
  4. mini_racer

    mini_racer Well-Known Member

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    #5 mini_racer, May 4, 2009
    Pretty cool, and solves a real problem. Useful doodad Mike.
     
  5. goaljnky

    goaljnky New Member

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    #6 goaljnky, May 4, 2009
    Hey. Make it in CF!!! :D
     
  6. PGT

    PGT Wheel Whore

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    #7 PGT, May 4, 2009
    I want a lathe to play on
     
  7. goaljnky

    goaljnky New Member

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    #8 goaljnky, May 4, 2009
    I am pretty sure you mean with... But to each his own.. VBG
     
  8. goaljnky

    goaljnky New Member

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    #9 goaljnky, May 4, 2009
    Hey, DrMike, so is this like a hub centric ring, but longer?
     
  9. Mike

    Mike New Member

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    #10 Mike, May 4, 2009
    Yes, sort of. The Rotas I have already have a 56.1mm centerbore, so they don't use centering rings. So I had to extend the hub nose out to the wheel. But in theory I could have replaced a centering ring with an extended, funky-shaped piece. Anyway, this piece allowed me to use any of the Rotas on the front, or any other wheel that creates the same problem on my car.

    Or, you know, I could just upgrade to non-prototype TSW parts.

    NAH.
     
  10. track-toy

    track-toy MINI of the Month

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    #11 track-toy, May 4, 2009
    Oohhhh! I need these! This is not a "want" but a real need. My Rotas don't fit the TSW Big Brake Kit without a spacer and that eliminates the hub "nose." I don't like that because it puts strain on the studs and I had a wheel fall off once before due to stud failure.

    So let's put the boys to work at TSW and make these doodads mui pronto!

     
  11. Mike

    Mike New Member

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    #12 Mike, May 4, 2009
    Oh geeze, now look what I started.
     
  12. Jabbles

    Jabbles New Member

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    #13 Jabbles, May 6, 2009
    Thats cool good work.
     
  13. BillTheCat

    BillTheCat New Member

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    #14 BillTheCat, May 8, 2009
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    That's a heckuva lot more practical/useful than anything made of carbon fiber. Or, more to the point, anything made to LOOK like it's made out of carbon fiber when it really isn't. Which is about 98.75% of that junk. :wink5:

    Man, I need more tools. Power tools. Power tools that are bolted to tables that are bolted into the cement of my garage floor and run on 220. The kind with big red kill switches for when they start ripping your arms out of their sockets & mercilessly beating you about the head & neck with them. Arr, arr, ARR!!!! :ihih:

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  14. Mike

    Mike New Member

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    #15 Mike, May 8, 2009
    I used to work in a lab with several robotic arms. the biggest one was really larger than the available space would accommodate, so we had to be careful when working around it. One day our programming was off, and the arm whipped around and found its own emergency stop button. I laughed for about two minutes over that one, since we couldn't move the robot until the e-stop was released, but the robot was holding down the e-stop...
     
  15. PGT

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    #16 PGT, May 8, 2009
    should have called John Conor for that one :p
     
  16. DixonL2

    DixonL2 New Member

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    #17 DixonL2, May 10, 2009
    Arr arr arr indeed! One of the best quotes on MA so far.... :yesnod: