I had some fun with the spare wheel over the weekend.
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- Modified and original wheels
I used a countersink bit to open up the extraneous holes, then filled them using some Durafix aluminium welding rod.
Once the wheel had cooled down I transferred it to the CNC lathe and skimmed the excess material off the face. I also skimmed it flat to the rim, as I plan on adding two disks to the front and rear wheels, to simulate their different orientation.
Next operation was to move the wheel to my new rotary table and drill out the six additional mounting holes, using the two original ones as guides.
I have to admit that, having passed the half century this year, it appears I still can't count up to 11.25 six times...
So, having repeated the filling and skimming phases, the drilling went to plan on the second attempt
Quite a bit of work just to remove two holes, but fun none the less, and an easy introduction to using the rotary table.
Adrian.