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Hey everyone,
At the request of someone and for anyone else who might be interested, I've decided to start a build thread for a new rim I'm building for my G27.
This one is going to be a classic full round rim, with aluminium as a base and either birch plywood or solid mahogany for the grip. Currently leaning towards mahogany if I can find the right scrap wood.
Inspirations are this Ferrari 500 TR wheel (the segmented grip gives me a historical reason to do the same and use mahogany on mine):
And this Cooper wheel (I love drilled aluminium):
So far I've only got a sketch plan drawn out:
I've also been planning the grips to get the best out of my limited supply of mahogany:
This will be the second custom rim I've made, finished a retro-modern pastiche F1 style rim in the back end of last year:
If anybody has any questions please ask. I'll be keeping this updated as I go along. Still waiting for the aluminium to arrive so might be at least a week until the next update.
At the request of someone and for anyone else who might be interested, I've decided to start a build thread for a new rim I'm building for my G27.
This one is going to be a classic full round rim, with aluminium as a base and either birch plywood or solid mahogany for the grip. Currently leaning towards mahogany if I can find the right scrap wood.
Inspirations are this Ferrari 500 TR wheel (the segmented grip gives me a historical reason to do the same and use mahogany on mine):
And this Cooper wheel (I love drilled aluminium):
So far I've only got a sketch plan drawn out:
I've also been planning the grips to get the best out of my limited supply of mahogany:
This will be the second custom rim I've made, finished a retro-modern pastiche F1 style rim in the back end of last year:
If anybody has any questions please ask. I'll be keeping this updated as I go along. Still waiting for the aluminium to arrive so might be at least a week until the next update.