Thread: 2/3 scale Indian Straight Four.

Originally Posted by DaveTTC

mate she is looking fine ... Joe did a nice job of that wheel
a wooden chain sounds fine to me .... a heap of dowel in two sizes and some poor bloke has to shape all the side plates.
Dave the turning cowboy
turning wood into art

Thanks Cowboy
I'm getting there slowly.
Joe did a fantastic job on the hub alright, I reckon the front wheel will come up a treat thanks to him.
At the moment a lot of head scratching is going on over the setup for the back wheel.

I think I'll settle for a bicycle chain
The wooden alternative is doable but I think work like that is best left in the hands of people like John.
There's some damn fine work being done at the moment on his toy for a big boy thread.
If you haven't had a look at it yet check it out!
He'd be the guy to crank out a wooden chain.

Sorry just cant help myself

Cheers mate
Trev.

Originally Posted by Repliconics

At the moment a lot of head scratching is going on over the setup for the back wheel.

Splinters ????

Originally Posted by crowie

Splinters ????

"SAWDUST" mate

I'll have to go check out that other thread.

I just picked up an old old metal lathe. Now there is someone else who can turn out parts for you.

If I had my shop set up and more time I could have linked up with you on this project and made a wooden chain for you.


Dave the turning cowboy

turning wood into art

I think you maybe a little behind the times Cowboy.
I'm pretty sure most lathes for both woodturning and engineering are made of metal nowadays
Still never mind.
Your going to turn into a jack of all trades mate!

Cheers mate
Trev.

I think I'll settle for a bicycle chain
The wooden alternative is doable but I think work like that is best left in the hands of people like John.
There's some damn fine work being done at the moment on his toy for a big boy thread.
If you haven't had a look at it yet check it out!
He'd be the guy to crank out a wooden chain.


Trev, You would have to knock out every second tooth on the sprockets to accommodate a wooden chain, thats about as small as it could be made.
The links on the dozer are 21 mm c/c. I have watched all your progress on the motor bike, it is truly a masterpiece , the detail and patience you
have leaves me for dead.
Must thank you for the kind words about my models and toys. regards John.

Thanks John I'm glad your enjoying the Indian.

But there's no need to thank me for the kind words mate.
I'm just stating the obvious!
I admire craftsmanship and you have it in droves

Cheers mate
Trev.

Originally Posted by DaveTTC

a wooden chain sounds fine to me .... a heap of dowel in two sizes and some poor bloke has to shape all the side plates.

Sounds like Dave was offering Trevor!!!

The build has progressed well and is looking awesome.

Craig

Originally Posted by CAG

Sounds like Dave was offering Trevor!!!
Craig

It does sound a little that way.
But as he described it there's no need for a lathe in the suggested method.
That being the case it's safe to assume he's not the poor bloke in question.

The only two things I know that Dave can make without a lathe.
Are a good cup of coffee and some fine pancakes.

Cheers mate
Trev.

Originally Posted by Repliconics

I think you maybe a little behind the times Cowboy.
I'm pretty sure most lathes for both woodturning and engineering are made of metal nowadays
Still never mind.
Your going to turn into a jack of all trades mate!

Cheers mate
Trev.

Are you telling me my wooden treadle lathe is not modern

Hey Guy's,
I need to come up with a sprocket for the speedo drive on the rear wheel.
Although the one pictured below isn't exactly right it's not to far off.



Being me the first thing is to try and find something that just happens to work about right.
It would be about 200mm in diameter and have about 100 teeth.
I've spent quite a bit of time trying to find something to do the job.
But without any luck.

It has far to many teeth to use a bicycle crank.
I'm pretty much at the point of saying fudge and making a wooden one.
But I thought I might just ask if anyone has seen a part of something that looks like it.
Before I start cutting all of those teeth.

Cheers
Trev.

Cut one from mdf with a scrollsaw? Plenty of gear pattern generators on the web.

would and old large clocks have a cog close to what you want or some other machinery. I know old photocopiers and the like have lots of plastic cogs


Dave the turning cowboy

turning wood into art

Originally Posted by chrisb691

Cut one from mdf with a scrollsaw? Plenty of gear pattern generators on the web.

That's probably the way it's going to end up.
Which I don't mind at all.
But it's fun to try and maintain a degree of Billycart technology if you know what I mean.
I enjoy every minute of the woodworking side of building something like the Indian.
But I get just as pleasure out of finding something to do the job.
In the end I think your right and I make the part out of MDF.

But just before I surrender to the enviable, I'll give Cowboys idea a go and checkout some old photocopies and alike

Cheers
Trev.