[KwartzLab] Making a spoked, wooden wheel

[Jeff Schmidt]

You could cut the groove with a chisel or a router.  If using a router, you'd also need to build a jig that lets you spin the wheel in the path of the router.  I have a router table you could borrow, but you'd have to make the jig yourself.

- Jeff




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>Regarding bearings. I'm not that far along in my planning yet, however I'm using the following plan as a reference for the mechanics (though not the frame design):
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>http://www.craftsmanspace.com/free-projects/spinning-wheel-plan.html
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>If I were to cut the belt groove out of a solid wheel, I presume that would be done with a chisel while the wheel was spinning, or is there another technique? 
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>On 2011-11-15, at 12:57 PM, Kevin Martin wrote:
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>This sounds like a lot of work to make sure the belt groove is smooth… All that puttying and such.
>>It would seem to me to be easier to cut the belt groove in a single solid wheel after it has been assembled (and perhaps even mounted).
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>>As for how long it will spin, no one has mentioned what sort of bearings this thing will have.
>>-Kevin
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>>From: discuss-bounces at kwartzlab.ca [mailto:discuss-bounces at kwartzlab.ca] On Behalf Of Jeff Schmidt
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>>Cut out three pieces of plywood.  The "inner" layer will be of a slightly smaller diameter than the outer layers.  This is where the string will run through.
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>>Sand the edges of the plywood to round them over.  Apply putty to fill holes so that the string won't get caught.
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