Add borax or salt to your molten metal. It brings out the impurities

The wheel looks better than most of alloys I find it eye-catching nd design like a old car so perfect in my opinion

48 cases of beer later you may have the front completed. Well done

I love that wheel. Would love a whole set. They would look awesome.

That red station wagon would look awesome on a full set of them rims all polished up and clear-coated it would look great if they hold up you guys should really make a whole set

They look a little like the old Centerline Champ 500 wheels, which were the top of the line at the time and back in the early 1980's when they came out would cost well over $150 each for 13x5", they would cost considerably more in today's money and they were the top choice among nearly every dedicated drag strip machine. With some refining you guys could make a considerable amount of money making these wheels. You guys are remarkably talented craftsmen. Over the years I have seen y'all make some impressive manufactured parts. As a fellow mechanic and car enthusiast I'm in awe of you and your men's abilities, skills, and imagination.

I'd like to know what they weigh. No reason not to make a full set!

Now that's one way to: *Reduce, Reuse, Recycle*

Looks good! Like a drag racing wheel!

You really need to make 3 more and have a complete set. That wheel is baller.

I believe you have nailed a fabricated patina look to an iconic old school wheel. I would buy a set exactly as you made this one, pits and all! 4x100mm with a 65mm centre hole please!

It looks very beautiful, just make the other three now!

Garage 54 is always impressing me. Awesome work guys! The wheel looks incredible, and it suits the car well.

Looks really good just need another 3 I have about 40kg of cans and was going to make a pair of fork yokes for my m/cycle.

I like how they got a little smelter setup and decided to go absolutely nuts making different things with it 😂 Very cool gents. Keep the videos coming!

These guys videos never disappoint. Always worth watching

The garage 54 crew are fine machinists & craftsman.

Borax and salt inside of a aluminum foil drop it in the molten metal. It’ll take the impurities out and give you a smoother finish and makes a stronger metal. You guys should make three more. They look really good.

Now I really appreciate being able to buy nearly perfect aluminum wheels for $100

Wow that’s really pretty for rudimentary tools. Well done guys. Would be nice to see custom aluminum wheels on their CyberTruck.

Looks very nice ! I admire the Teams ability to innovate !

As a former foundryman I know that half the metal from those melting cans oxidizes and becomes aluminum oxide. The melt left after that is full of impurities. Theres chemicals used to purify the metal before casting which removes the voids and unwanted materials.

Wonderful wheel 🙂 With the valve on the other side, the look is real amazing. Grest job 👍🍻

Just a great job guys I love it greetings from 🇺🇸 USA

I got a small request. Could you try using bicycle brake pads in a car?

Aluminum is an excellent material and is commonly used in the manufacture of tire discs or wheels. However, when aluminum comes into contact with other metals, electrolysis problems do occur when electrolytes are present (such as water or a humid environment). To reduce or avoid this electrolysis problem, manufacturers often take a number of measures. For example, they may apply a special coating to the surface of the tire disc to provide an extra layer of protection against contact with the electrolyte. In addition, bolts on tire discs and wheels often use special materials or anti-corrosion coatings to reduce the risk of electrolysis problems.

nice job i loved the way that you attached two paces by bolts

I really like the old school simpleness of the front wheel 👍

Wow! Looks beautiful guy's! Great video and definitely some serious amounts of hard hot work that isn't easy to do! But you guys make it look so simple Lol. 😊 aluminum is not the easiest metal to cast without the proper alloy and flux to clean up the aluminum to remove impurities. So it really came out great looking for the lacking of proper equipment Lol. 😅 Very Sweet!

A nickle deposit a can in the U.S that can get to be one expensive rim! Good job I really enjoy your videos and always look foreward for the next one

Hi Guys, I am from Poland and I think your videos show how common slavic men are inventive and highly skilled. I've been in the western europe for a while and in there such thing vanished long time ago.

You did a good job, it looks like a Centerline Drag racing wheel..All soda pop cans should make alloy wheels..👍

I’m really curious to see how well that wheel balances. It looks great even considering how it was made, awesome video fellas.

noice, now you need a copper brass and bronze one to go with the pistons

They look cool. Similar to the solid aluminum wheels I had on my old mud truck. They had rivets instead of screws and were solid like those.

That red lada wagon would look really nice with a set of these polished aluminum wheels. Hope you guys don't destroy this poor wagon, it's looking really nice.

This is really sweet well done with what u guys had to work with. would be nice if u could make 3 more. you guys accomplished something positive using those drink cans kudos to you all.

Looks alright but you should have done it in a single pour. Yea way more setup but finished product would be a lot more reliable. And if you add draft to your molds you wont have to cut them.

Fun project. I have melted down drink cans in the past made mini muffin casts out of them for aluminum spacers. Easy to machine and fun to recycle.

looks like a centreline wheel,build another 3 and send it,looks great👌👌

When poring aluminium in numerous stages it is wise to use a heated mould to prevent potential heat shock, would also recommend tying to preheat the mould before the first pore, also if you are going to make more wheels, you should cut the mould in half and then use a metal band to hold the shape of the wheel, just make sure you make the mould bigger than the wheel so that you can overlap the two pieces in order to create a better way to remove the casting after it’s hardened

Looks great. I like how the lugnuts are sunk in. Good.job guys

After watching this I would suggest you do a rim using resin! There is a video in the youtube someone makes transparent wheels! Kinda awesome

You guys are impressive. Keep up.

man you guys need to start popping these out in mass production. thats a very nice looking wheel ......wow to cool man ....

Would be awesome to see you build the rest of the set! Reminds of ssr mk1’s

Looks pretty awesome! You guys really put in the work for good content!

The Best KZfaq channel of all time.

I hope these projects end up in peoples cars in 20 years. It would be awesome to see the reaction of a mechanic who found a random brass piston in their car or a wooded crankshaft.

Can you guys try attaching the end of the transmission to the front of the engine crank to see what happens? How fast will it rev? Will it explode?

Did you balance it, and if so, how much weight was needed? Just curious

Thank you for not doing the traditional destructive testing.Its about time you finally were able to keep one of your fabulous creations.I do understand tradition of research and development that goes with a verse I use:"The limits are not known until they have been exceeded."

The wheel turned out pretty nice. Should combine some of your custom expirments you have done with machining your own parts, put em on a custom build and test the distance you can get out of the build.

I like it. Needs the full set

Just goes to show, make it shiny and people will love it, even if it's a hunk of melted down drinks cans... :P

I love your crazy ideas and builds that’s thinking out of the box. The wheel worked out better than I thought. Looking forward to see what’s next

Nicely done, absolutely amazing considering what you had to work with.🙂

Now you guys need to make a full set. The rim looks actually really nice.

The more I watch garage 54, the more I want a lada,. That wagon looks sweet! I'd love to have one in the US

You guys did a great job of the wheel with very little equipment, watching you from Australia.

Great work guys!

Solid! Top KEK! Peace be with you.

In Soviet Russia you drink beer from alum cans to make your own wheels

Looks quite nice actually. Futuristic look

You have obviously been sunbathing and your mood is relaxed

Make a whole set for the car that would look amazing and be a 1 off

The casting blemishes add character. The rim looked better & better in each scene.

The aluminum wheel is the best. Not only because it looks frickin' awesome, but because it's homemade. The only way you could improve it, is by finishing the set.

I'd take a set of 4 for my '74 Buick Century. 2 15x10 and 2 15x8 in 5x4.75. Love 'em!!

I love the look of it... Очень красивый руль, отличная работа, ребята

You should make a endurance test on the rim to see if it would break apart during heavy load from turning, burnout, and hitting stuff to see if the cans are actually strong as a real rim

Amazing work, much respect for you guys! It looks good but I would like to see it tested on real road scenarios (hitting potholes etc), wondering how long can the can-grade ALU last.

Yes, it looks great!

I think you guys did a great job. Very cool.

Looks good. Excellent effort!

You guys are very impressive. Looks like a manufactured one.👍

For what it is, it looks good. I can’t complain especially when just melting cans and machining it

This came out absolutely beautiful.

You did a great job with casting

Another awesome experiment!

Now make 3 more !!! 😃

Looks sharp! I like it

Rim looks very nice

Great. Very nice. Turned out well for the first try.

You guys are built different now that’s bad ass!

I really like the aluminum rim you made, that is really nice, good job guys, I’d like to see that rim on the powered axle and put through high revs

The alu from cans is actually pretty decent. Fairly hard and does not break easily like some alloys the cheap products on the market (not wheels) tend to use.

These actually look great

Next, Garage 54 sand casts an aluminum exhaust manifold. Maybe a liquid cooled one to see how much faster it can bring the engine to operating temperature in the winter.

you guys should really make a full set this is one of your best wheel diys i think

Old alternators, T6 driveshafts, stuff like that tends to melt a lot better if you don't have borax or anything. Also I'm sure the casting guys know better than me but iirc aluminium is like brass in that it casts better when you've got something consuming the extra oxygen in the furnace, like some cardboard in the bottom.

Porosity! But you explained it. Additives needed. Probably not the exact proper pouring techniques and cooling. But, what the heck. If you did all that, where's the FUN? So ..GOOD JOB! Another cool KZfaq post fellas!

genial idea Garage 54!!!

Amazing results!!wow salutation from Montreal,Québec!👍👍👍👍

Cut a straight 6 cylinder to a 4 cylinder and try and use a lada crank if you cant get the 6 cylinder crank to work. That would be awesome. Keep up the great work!

Looks great!!!

Great work!

Super cool guys!! If u could make them in a 20" size or bigger. There would be a big market for them over here in the states. But I want to say again. Very good job

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That intro made me crease. Vlad's face was like whaaa