Front Wheel Hubs

The front wheel hubs are made out of aluminium. The 30 hole pattern was made on a press drill. As you can see, I had to make some help-tooling to do this job. The hub is rotating on a piece of round steel which is mounted on the base plate which has been inclined to a 85 degree angle. This angle corresponds with the angle of the spokes with reference to the front wheel axle.

I hope the tensile strength of the aluminium will be sufficient when putting tension on the spokes. The holes are about 30mm deep and will be tapped with M3 thread.