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FVM axle diameter?
« on: December 22, 2013, 04:33:10 PM »
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Im looking for the axle diameter...not length... of FVM wheels. I dont have any on hand to take the calipers to. I am looking to use the 28" wheels for some MOW equipment I  making in Shapeways.

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Re: FVM axle diameter?
« Reply #1 on: December 22, 2013, 05:27:03 PM »
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I just happen to be sitting at my workbench with all of those things right in front of me as i read your post, so here ya go.

I don't have a digital calipers, but I am getting .057

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Re: FVM axle diameter?
« Reply #2 on: December 22, 2013, 05:49:38 PM »
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I'm getting .0575 with my digital calipers

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Re: FVM axle diameter?
« Reply #3 on: December 22, 2013, 05:58:46 PM »
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Guys, I believe they are metric, 1.5 mm. .059 on my digital readout...
So Bob, that makes you .002" off, oh the horrors :o
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Re: FVM axle diameter?
« Reply #4 on: December 22, 2013, 06:25:18 PM »
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...that makes you .002" off, oh the horrors :o


Hmm... close, but no
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Re: FVM axle diameter?
« Reply #5 on: December 22, 2013, 08:32:49 PM »
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I don't have these handy, but I think that the axle has 2 diameters. The outer sections are smaller diameter than the section between the wheels. This is done to keep them in the exact gauge (the wheels are pressed until the rest against the larger diameter section).
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Re: FVM axle diameter?
« Reply #6 on: December 22, 2013, 11:28:17 PM »
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Peteski, that's correct; the outer axle diameter, where the wheel is seated, is .046".

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Re: FVM axle diameter?
« Reply #7 on: December 23, 2013, 12:34:46 AM »
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Thanks guys.
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