So some of you might remember that quite a while ago
I talked about getting a solid titanium axle made for my free night
Planetary free coaster because I didn't quite like the hollow axle design
I did figure out that I could put that tubing in there, but unfortunately just this past week
I broke that axle even with the tubing in there
So it's finally time for the solid titanium axle in the free night
Planetary coaster I'm pretty stoked about it. I'm actually on my way over to pick it up right now
I'm on my way over to my dad's buddy's house. This guy actually makes
Spinning hand tops that spin for like 20 and 30 minutes
That's what he does and he made this axle for me out of titanium and I'm pretty excited to go. Check it out
So for a little bit of context here as to what's actually going on the threading tool that he has
Could only get so close to the caller for the bearings on this axle
Without like potentially messing with the collar itself. So when he got so close
So we needed to check whether or not the cone nuts
would be close enough and actually be able to tighten against the bearings and as it turned out and as you're seeing
It wasn't quite close enough
so we had to
undercut the
axle just a little bit to get rid of that smooth area and to make it so we could tighten the cone nuts all the
Way up against the bearings like we needed to and that's what you're seeing now and once we got that part done
He undercut it on both sides both cone nuts tightened. Exactly the way they needed to the bearings all went on there
He made an exact clone of this axle
And with that all of the pieces went together the way they should the cone nuts tightened after we undercut it
The driver went on to its collar
There we have it folks
solid titanium
In the free night planetary freak coaster I am psyched about this it works just the way it should check it out
Super super awesome
I'm super stoked and then you'll actually see here that he has a laser cutter that he uses to put his logo and
different things on to the tops that he makes
So we used this laser cutter
to put his logo on the end of the axle as you're seen as just super cool to see that and just
Put it on there and give his logo on here Griffon
Precision spinning products as you can see on this metal laser cut business card that he gave me which he laser cut himself
Which is just super super cool
So this guy is making tops he made this axle for me and he did it in just a day
It seemed to be very easy for him
So I'm super super stoked on that and this is the finished product right now that you're seeing only the truth
Just wanted to quickly throw in here and while I was at this guy's shop
He told me about this alloy of metal called inconel that is supposed to be
Stronger than the titanium that we used in this axle in this video
He said that it's used in like nuclear reactors or something like that
And I got the idea. Maybe we should make an axle out of a canal
He said you will never break one if it's made of inconel inside like nuclear
Reactor metal in my bike and an axle that I'll never break. Yeah, we need to do that. So
It's gonna cost a little bit more than making this one
But if you guys want me to make it, I think I might do it
I want him me to have him naked just because I think it would be awesome
He's gonna do a little bit of research into it and see if it would be worth it
But I think it would be just really cool
so let me know if you guys think it would be cool if we and
Inconel axle for the free night planetary free coaster and just like that
I went from having zero titanium parts on my bike anymore to having a solid titanium Guard sprocket and a solid titanium
Axle I am super excited to have this thing on my bike and not worry at all about breaking my axle anymore
So with that being said if you guys are interested in this or any of the top stuff
check out the links in the description below his Facebook page to see any of the tops and things that he does and
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