I see, you're using a front hub for a mandrel to hold the patient for the surgery. Split the rim and then align a previously split section of a second rim for tack welding. So you were widening the rims, right? Or using the mandrel to hold the center while resetting the offset on a bare rim. Cool! I have a big old Lodge and Shipley 16” lathe that I am restoring. I have the headstock finally mounted up and am working on a drive reduction now. I had planed to use it for resurfacing a flywheel or drums or maybe now aligning a wheel.
Still gotta find some donor rims to get the centers.
Thanks 641, that clears things up, I’ll print that out and add it to the archive. I was looking at a bunch of C20 vans and they didn’t have the full floating axles under them. Also saw a bunch of K20 carcasses out there, most all had the axles and engines pulled.
Denny Graham
Sandwich, IL

Denny G
Sandwich, IL