What's the best way to shave tires ???

Dominick Shauntee

Dominick Shauntee

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Been thinking of doing this for quiet a while and don't have a clue about how to go about it ... i do have a dremal tool and a dream though lol ! ...so would greatly appreciate any suggestion on how or the best way to do it
 
JKRacing37

JKRacing37

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I used a bench mounted belt sander. Then I chucked up the rim/tire in a cordless drill, spun the tire backwards against the rotation of the belt sander, and about three hours and a huge mess later I had shaved tires.
 
JoeWorks

JoeWorks

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What I've been doing is triming off the majority using a diagnal flush cutter (use what ever works for you) to get the basic shape I'm looking for prior to fine tuning with the rotary tool with a sanding drum. I usually trim in between watching TV before dealling with the black rubber dust when sanding.

What I found to help control and contain the black dust is to get at good size cardboard box and cut 2 holes for you hand/arm to go through them and a plexiglass cover for viewing and sand the tires inside (like a sand blasting chamber or a incubater) thay way all you have to clean is whats exposed inside the box. I also use the flex extension on my rotoray tool so the motor is not exposed to the dust and breaks so not to over heat the tool.

Good luck.
 
TXT-2.0

TXT-2.0

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JoeWorks said:
What I've been doing is triming off the majority using a diagnal flush cutter (use what ever works for you) to get the basic shape I'm looking for prior to fine tuning with the rotary tool with a sanding drum. I usually trim in between watching TV before dealling with the black rubber dust when sanding.



Good luck.
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same here i trimmed the majority while watching tv then just sanded the edges, not to bad over all and the mess wasn't that bad being it was just edges
still trimming does take some time but well worth it on wear and tear on the tools
 
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SavedONE

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-to cut the Chevron bars, (allows more tire flex across its width), I've seen pics of people stacking 2-3 Dremel blades together, then cutting the bars. Almost need a mini siping tool, like fullscale MT teams use---I wonder if a set of hair clippers (w/changeable heads to set cut depth of hair), could be modded into a tire shaver? Or a lint shaver, w/the cover ground down to allow the blade to reach the tire more, tho, it'd need souped-up to have enough power...just thinking:drool
 
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criminallyclod

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Maybe rig a hot knife? Or do they make those already? I was thinking about possibly putting a razor blade on a soldering iron somehow, that'd probly work right?
 
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dr.martin73

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just got my new issue of extreme rc and they show you how to make a grind box for pretty cheap. kinda how you guys are talking like a mini blast cabinet.
 
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