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Originally Posted by A1337STI
a cheap, slow, lame solution ... :
Make a solar convection oven.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tt1DgZp0n2g
he hit 380. I'd think you would want about 200F to heat cycle a tire make it just big enough to fit 1 tire. sure not perfectly ideal but it could easily be done...
you could literally just line a cardboard box with tin foil . put saran wrap over the top and the 4 "tops" could also be lined for a bit of a reflector. probably cost you $1 (if you already have a box) i have a box large enough for a tire if you need one, or are actually interested in my horrible idea...
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You're kidding right? Heat cycling isn't done in an oven. It's done by stretching the tire.
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tirete....jsp?techid=66
Notice the rollers around the tire, stretching it as it spins?
Besides, if heat was all it took, why would you try to use a reflective solar oven (that wouldn't work unless it was many many times larger than the tire, you know so the sun would be able to shine around the tire and focus on a large tire sized object) when you could just put the tire in your oven in the kitchen?