The other day I finished my cut down Bennett Vectors. I wanted some that would fit a Penny or Fish deck. I have a purple Fish Skateboards deck that I think I will put them on but for now I threw this setup together because I wanted to ride them and didn't have the panhead hardware I wanted to use with them and the purple deck.
1. pound axles out of hangers with hammer(make sure they are pressed in axles, not cast in)
2. cut axles and hangers down to size. I have used the dremel for this in the past but I think it is just as easy and makes a nicer cut with the hacksaw.To get the hangers cut straight I put them in the vice and cut across the top of it.
3. Hard part. Threading the axles. I taper the end of the axle with the dremel(if no dremel, use a file for this, will work the same just take a little longer) then put the axle in the vice really tight. Then take the 5/16ths 24 tpi die and sweat and curse and lean and turn until I have about a half inch or so threaded. I don't have one of those 2 handled wrenches for the die so I used a big c-clamp to make it easier to turn.
4. With a file, I flatten and clean up the ends of the hangers.
5. Pound hanger back in.
6. Assemble truck, you are done.
Some of those steps might be a little over simplified but you get the idea. As you can see, you cant get a much more haphazard set of tools to do this with than I do so this should be easier if you have access to some better stuff, but is completey doable with next to nothing.
