Thread: Wheel build

Derek

Look forward to your build.

Can we see a picture of your plans please mate ?

Regards

Keith

Got a seat on this wagon!

This is the wagon that the wheels are for Keith. No work on it today as I have someone around and showing them some techniques to use on woodturning.


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someone has to say it Derek, they should be wheelie easy to make for someone of your skill and should be wheelie nice when finished.

Thanks Derek,

It looks an excellent project.

Looking forward to it.

Regards

Keith

Keith this is something totally different for me it was this or a Brooke Bond wagon you never know I might even do both. This came about as the wife asked about a horse-drawn wagon for my stepdaughter as a Christmas present OK so it is early to think about Christmas already but I do like to get ahead if I can

Originally Posted by Dalboy

Keith this is something totally different for me it was this or a Brooke Bond wagon you never know I might even do both. This came about as the wife asked about a horse-drawn wagon for my stepdaughter as a Christmas present OK so it is early to think about Christmas already but I do like to get ahead if I can

Good thinking

The angles on those spokes looks quite interesting, I've never notice that before!

Originally Posted by htl

The angles on those spokes looks quite interesting, I've never notice that before!

The idea was to dish the wheel so that the load was straight down and the top of the wheel leaned out allowing for a wider load.



The wheel build continues.

What do they say about measure twice cut once well someone did not.
photo 1. The correct size is the one on the left.

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photo 2. Three of the four nave blanks

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photo 3. Part turned nave ready to be remounted in a chuck for the shaping and drilling

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Photo 4 all the wood now finally cut down and finished to correct size except for cutting into the right lengths

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photo 5 some left over bits which I thickness to some common sizes I use in model making, I do this with a lot of my builds and end up with a draw of varying sizes handy if you just need a small piece.

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photo 6 spent some time making a story stick.

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photo 7 paper template for the story stick

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I know it does not look much but I did not spend a lot of time in the workshop today.

Great work there Derek.

The time sure gets away when you are tied up in your work.

Look forward to your next post.

Regards

Keith

After a long weekend doing other thing rather than woodwork I managed to get a little done this morning it is now too hot in there as we seem to be having a spell of hot weather.

Over the weekend I managed to do a little buying for the workshop.

The first is leather boot laces for stitching up bowls. The second is the jig for cutting pen blanks but I have another use for it, third is a router type tool, forth is a book with loads of ideas in and the following photos are some examples and the last photo is spring clamps milling cutters of various types and sizes a couple of centre drills a packet of small bits a bush and two bearing for a project. I have lots of ideas and seem to collect so many odd things for those little jobs.
Some of these are for the woodturning side of my hobby and the others are mainly for toy/model making and yes I do need more clamps of various sizes


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Anyway as I stated got into the shed and did some more on the wheels by cutting out the Feloes 5 for each of the frontwheels and 6 for each of the rear wheels. The rest of the time was spent marking out for the spokes as it will be easier to drill those before assembly. I made up some paper templates for the marking out using THIS which I believe I linked to elsewhere I find it handy for spoke wheel making


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I now need to go and clean up around the bandsaw as I have another extractor coming soon which will be dedicated for the bandsaw

Nice score Derek....

Getting cold here tomorrow, down to 17deg"C" when we've been having days of mid 20's, though mornings have been fresh!!

Nice pickups for your workshop Derek.

You can never have too many backup resources

Well Done

Regards

Keith

I am always on the lookout for bits and pieces.

Well today seemed a bit slow but then I did sort out the workshop from yesterday.


A little more done spent the first part of the time marking out the Felloes ready for drilling holes for the staves.




Then it was onto the naves which needed turning. Even though the front and rear wheels are a different diameter the naves for front and back are the same size.

They were so easy to sand, as where normally you need to be careful sanding them to keep detail. With these, it does not matter if the edges between the various diameters get rounded over.




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