Author Topic: making holes in tyres (Read 7359 times)

wolf · « **on:** October 03, 2009, 05:24:17 PM »

currently modding up my bocks till the weather improves and have hit a major stop

I am making tyre armour for my springs and obviously need to make holes in the side walls to thread it all together

however both of the hole punches I own will not punch through the rubber

so what else can I use?

please bear in mind my tyres are very old
one of my hole punches is designed to be used on horse tack leather so they are not weak
I have already tried getting someone stronger to try puching the holes
I also cant safely use a hot object to burn a hole through

thanks
wolf

Kazbahn · « **Reply #1 on:** October 03, 2009, 07:23:45 PM »

a leather punch is your best bet rlly, that's what i used. it was a belt punch kinda thing.

Jason · « **Reply #2 on:** October 03, 2009, 10:17:23 PM »

I normally get a tube of the right size and sharpen the end up then put the tyre on a lump of wood and hit the tube with a hammer

I'm lucky enough to have a lathe to make the tubes any size I want and harden and temper them but I have used ordinary steel tube and it works well but needs sharpening up more often

But burning with a soldering iron is a good way too but do it outside and away from the house as it stinks

Jason

wolf · « **Reply #3 on:** October 03, 2009, 11:38:36 PM »

been hunting high and low for some tube strange I can't find any I was sure my dad would have some lying around in the garage

soldering iron is my last option we have an outdoor plug socket so I could do it I just hate the smell and I am pretty sure my dad would not approve if he found out bad enough I got the bocks so dont want to annoy him more

*goes off to hunt more for some pipe*

sprog · « **Reply #4 on:** October 03, 2009, 11:49:56 PM »

How about a drill?

Fix the tyre down solid, put a block of wood underneath, drill your holes through.

Spud · « **Reply #5 on:** October 04, 2009, 01:21:46 AM »

Quote from: sprog on October 03, 2009, 11:49:56 PM

How about a drill?

Fix the tyre down solid, put a block of wood underneath, drill your holes through.

my thought before this loaded up! Would be worth a try at least but cheap drill bits might break..

wolf · « **Reply #6 on:** October 04, 2009, 01:28:01 AM »

ahh drill have one of those in the garage old fasioned hand held hand powered one but it still has good drill bits

definatly give that a try tomorrow

Nero · « **Reply #7 on:** October 04, 2009, 08:30:17 AM »

yeah drill them, slowly but make the drill "play" a bit in the hole, angle the drill as your drilling, but drill slowly or it will start to melt and as jason says it stinks

wolf · « **Reply #8 on:** October 04, 2009, 10:05:45 AM »

THANKYOU IT WORKED!!!

I now have one made and laced up on my spring now for the other side

thankyou everyone

hope this is useful for other people as well

SNuD · « **Reply #9 on:** October 11, 2009, 09:59:41 PM »

I know this is a bit late now but.... drilling holes in the tyre wall leaves small rips and cut that will tare under tension.. Something hot to melt/puncture its way through leaves a sealed hole that doesn't tend to rip as easily.
I used a large nail, held with pliers, in the flame of the gas hob right under the extractor. Very little smell, good clean hole. And no broken drill bits. But don't drop that hot nail!!!!

Biohazard · « **Reply #10 on:** October 11, 2009, 10:02:58 PM »

I used a hammer and nail, due to a shortage of tools...took ages though.

TOM SAVAGE · « **Reply #11 on:** October 12, 2009, 01:44:19 PM »

i just made some spring armour last night =] but you dont even want to know what i used to make the holes... but im gonna tell you anyway

you know the little skewer things you get to holf corn on the cob? i used one of those snd punching it through the tyre into the gaps in the decking in the back garden

the i jammed a pair of scissors in the gap and twisted them to open it up a bit more to fit the tie wrap through

i thaught it worked pretty well if i do say so myself hehe

Canned-Heat · « **Reply #12 on:** October 12, 2009, 04:22:47 PM »

or just a simple drill would have been soooo much easier lol

TOM SAVAGE · « **Reply #13 on:** October 12, 2009, 04:45:40 PM »

nope my way was the best!!

IronVinyl · « **Reply #14 on:** October 12, 2009, 05:07:50 PM »

I found that a bit of pipe with one end filed so its sharp works perfectly. put a block of wood ontop of that, your tier underneath and hit with a hammer, works like a dream. or if your me use an industrial drill =p

Birt · « **Reply #15 on:** February 28, 2010, 05:29:09 PM »

i just finished punching holes in the tyres really quick. using this:

sportsaholic07 · « **Reply #16 on:** February 28, 2010, 06:52:15 PM »

I good idea to prevent the holes from ripping is to uses islet rings! ive got them on mine and makes it look so much neater and you can secure the tyres quite tightly with them

but i used the scissor method to make the hole.... dont recommend it cause it take years

Doober1991 · « **Reply #17 on:** June 06, 2010, 06:06:16 AM »

I just did mine, and hopefully will have a tutorial up soon. I used a garmet (also called eyelets, tarp holders) puncher and a hammer. It was no problem getting the holes through

Danny1632 · « **Reply #18 on:** June 16, 2010, 09:21:40 PM »

In the end I gave up and went for drilling it was just taking forever to find something that would make a hole big enough for the shoelace!

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