[KwartzLab] Making a spoked, wooden wheel

[Robert Gissing]

the mother of DIY spinning wheels...made from pvc pipe

http://www.pjsadventures.com/DragonsKeep/personal/PVCWheel.html


On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 11:36 AM, Robert Gissing <rgissing at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> http://www.motherearthnews.com/Do-It-Yourself/1976-05-01/We-Built-A-Spinning-Wheel-for-2-50.aspx
> here is an example of a bike wheel acting as flywheel
>
> gus
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 11:34 AM, Punkin3.14 <punkin at mag3.14159.ca> wrote:
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>> Also a good idea! At this point, I'm more interested in *having* a wheel,
>> than in necessarily making it myself. I'll check them out.
>>
>> Thanks, both of you!
>>
>> Steph
>>
>> On 2011-11-15, at 11:24 AM, Rob Adlers wrote:
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>> > See, and here I was thinking you should visit one of the local wagon
>> repair shops. I remember one north of waterloo on a back road to Elmira.
>> >
>> > Rob
>> > --------
>> > via my Blackberry
>> > http://www.auralplane.com
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Kevin Martin <kpmartin at thinkage.ca>
>> > Sender: discuss-bounces at kwartzlab.ca
>> > Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:17:30
>> > To: KwartzLab Public Discussion List<discuss at kwartzlab.ca>
>> > Reply-To: KwartzLab Public Discussion List <discuss at kwartzlab.ca>
>> > Subject: Re: [KwartzLab] Making a spoked, wooden wheel
>> >
>> > If you really want utilitarian, you could use a bicycle wheel with the
>> tire removed...
>> >
>> > This is not beyond my capabilities, but I don't have a lathe that big,
>> so I would have to improvise using my mill and bandsaw.
>> > The rim would be pieced together, and a router table would be useful
>> for making finger joints between the segments.
>> > Given that Kwartzlab has a bandsaw and router table you should (perhaps
>> with help) be able to make this in the lab. The mill is not essential; I
>> would only be using it to cut the belt groove, and that could be done with
>> a rasp as well.
>> >
>> > -Kevin Martin
>> > the Papertrail Handmade Paper & Book Arts
>> > New Dundee, Ontario
>> > www.papertrail.ca
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: discuss-bounces at kwartzlab.ca [mailto:discuss-bounces at kwartzlab.ca]
>> On Behalf Of Punkin3.14
>> >
>> > 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)?
>> >
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