[cdog4w]

Well, I picked up some xmod rims yesterday and I got a sweet suction vise today. The suction is strong enough to pull paint off a wall (showing off to the woman, she didn't appreciate the suctioned paint) oops...

I got out the dremel and threw on one of the silicon carbide grind stones that came with my kit. While I was in home depot getting the vise, I also picked up some machine screws with matching nuts to practice on. I tried to match the diameter of the xmod axle, but of course thats a metric 2mm (from what I've read) and home depot is not even remotely metric when it comes to screws.

Anyway, I ground it down to a D'ish shape and low and behold, the xmod rim slid right on (it hadn't before grinding). Next I screwed the bolt on and it threaded like I hadn't touched the screw, silky smooth. Seemed to hold ok too. Next I slid the rim back on and locked it down with the nut. It worked great for holding it on the axle, but I think I was too zealous with the D shape and it wasn't a perfect grip that way. I also chalk some of that up to the screw diameter not being an exact match.

And yes, I took pictures :P Tell me what you guys think.

P.S. I'm going to try on my mini-x axles as soon as my replacements come in from tiny.