[KwartzLab] Making a spoked, wooden wheel

Punkin3.14 punkin at mag3.14159.ca
Tue Nov 15 11:04:10 EST 2011


I'm making a spinning wheel. 

I'm a complete novice at woodworking, but I'm working from a very utilitarian model (i.e., non-decorative), and most of the pieces are straightforward to cut. 

The bit that I am puzzling over is the fly wheel itself. Its 19" inches across, and needs a 1/4" rounded groove along the outer edge, which the drive band fits into. [1]

Have we any knowledgeable woodworkers who would be available sometime in the next couple months, to help me make such a wheel (assuming this is not an unreasonable project for a novice -- I honestly don't know how advanced this is)?

OR

Have we any knowledgeable woodworkers who would be willing to make me such a wheel, in exchange for appropriate compensation?

OR

Can anybody recommend a carpenter I might contact to commission such? I can look up names in the yellow pages just fine, but if there's a recommendation to be had, so much the better ^^

Steph

1. If it helps to visualize what I'm talking about, this diagram shows the parts of a spinning wheel. Imagine Part A (the fly wheel), but with plain spokes: http://www.joyofhandspinning.com/wheel-parts.shtml  




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