Recent content by louie13

Ah, this makes more sense, some sort of chain tensioner would be necessary if it were to be implemented into a hub shell.

Thanks a lot for clearing that up, I don't know much about the types of heat treatment, much appreciated. I think a treatment like you described would be best to achieve high strength and hardness in the thread but not too hard that it makes the whole bolt not very effective when it comes to...

I thought it would be a fun project and I'd like to make them for use with a 19mm socket for extra strength rather than 17mm that other companies use.

This is very interesting, have you ever considered fitting the mechanism inside of a hub shell where the rear cog would be the one that expands/contracts?

I've attached a quick render I created with no specified material.

Hello everyone, I am currently trying to design some custom nuts for my bmx wheel axle but I have a few questions which I thought you guys might be able to help me with. First of all I've created an autodesk inventor model of the flange style nut I want to create but I'm not sure what material...

Hi everyone, new member here, I'm a high school student about to start the higher course. The forum looks great and I look forward to posting more. :oldsmile: