[KwartzLab] Making a spoked, wooden wheel

[Punkin3.14]

I'll have to check them out, even if I do make the wheel myself. Thanks!

Finding a complete spinning wheel isn't a problem; I just can't afford to buy a good one. I figure if I'm settling for a crappy, cheap one, I'd rather it be a crappy, cheap one that I made myself ^_-

On 2011-11-15, at 9:44 PM, Bob Jonkman wrote:

> Approximately here http://osm.org/go/ZXnfyYv--?m is the New Jerusalem Buggy Shop.  
> 
> Don't know if they do steel wheel buggies or rubber wheel buggies.  The steel wheel buggies have wooden wheels with a steel rim, the rubber wheel buggies have car wheels with rubber tires.
> 
> Wouldn't be surprised if there's even complete spinning wheels in them dar parts...
> 
> --Bob.
> 
> On 11-11-15 11:24 AM, Rob Adlers wrote:
>> 
>> 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
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Kevin Martin <kpmartin at thinkage.ca>
>> Sender: discuss-bounces at kwartzlab.ca
>> Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:17:30 
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>> 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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