{"id":2306,"date":"2011-06-11T21:47:40","date_gmt":"2011-06-12T04:47:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/roue-cyr\/"},"modified":"2011-06-11T21:47:40","modified_gmt":"2011-06-12T04:47:40","slug":"roue-cyr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/roue-cyr\/","title":{"rendered":"Roue Cyr"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"top\" \/>\n<p>I saw a roue cyr wheel in a performance and thought, hey that looks cool! I bet I could make one, despite knowing nothing about them and not ever have touched one. Anyone who knows me probably wouldn&#8217;t be surprised by that :).<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the finished wheel in my garage:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_3395.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_3395-tm.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"IMG_3395.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And me trying it for the first time (yesterday!)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"349\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hKRyHZbdai8\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I got a bender&#8230;partially for this project, and partially because I have needed one for several other things. I then ordered material from <a href=\"http:\/\/speedymetals.com\">speedymetals.com<\/a> &#8212; they are cheaper than onlinemetals.com by far. I spent about $170 in metal (actually a bit more to have a backup piece), and $120 in PVC tubing from www.pwmall.com. I purchased 4 74&#8243; pieces of 1.5&#8243; outer diameter, 1\/8&#8243; thick 6061 aluminum tubing and a 50&#8242; roll of 1\/8&#8243; thick, 1.5&#8243; inner diameter Kearon PVC vinyl tubing. There is enough tubing to make at least two cyrs, and I may eventually make another for Aaron.<\/p>\n<p>I used a 1.5&#8243; 26&#8243; die on a Hossfeld bender. A 29&#8243; die would be better, but it was on back order&#8230;and I figured I could just stop the bend early. It turns out that is hard to do, and my diameter is a little flat where each piece meets. Oh well, it was a learning experience!<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the bender with the tube. Eventually I used an outfeed table to keep it all level:<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_3337.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_3337-tm.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"IMG_3337.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Back side of the bender. I greased it up to help with the bends. Bending the aluminum was no problem.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_3348.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_3348-tm.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"IMG_3348.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bending the steel inserts was next to impossible. In the end, I made the steel inserts 5&#8243; long (way too short) and a little loose so I could fit them in. They are bent a little..but not much. You can see the insert below on the table:<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_3380.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_3380-tm.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"IMG_3380.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Covering with PVC tubing was a nightmare! At first I tried just muscling it over.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_3392.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_3392-tm.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"IMG_3392.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then I heated it in my oven at 200 F for 3 minutes; that helped, but I still had to work really hard to get the covering over the tube. It took hours to get it done..<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_3394.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.corbinstreehouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/IMG_3394-tm.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"IMG_3394.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The other two were much faster; I heated the tube, and also used soapy water as a lubricant; they slid on fairly easily (~15 minutes or so each section).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I saw a roue cyr wheel in a performance and thought, hey that looks cool! I bet I could make one, despite knowing nothing about them and not ever have touched one. 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