Thread: Wire wheel

My mate made this 2 person video game machine out of one.

From memory the electronics/screen CPU was not that expensive and came with dozens of old school video games as standard.
Videogamemachine.JPG

Wow.
Awesome.

Originally Posted by selectedgrub

Many, many years ago, I made a budgie aviary from a slightly larger cable reel.

Technique was:

• Slipped reel over old rotary clothes line post - pre Hills Hoist; I said it was old - this placed the aviary above cat height!
• removed one of the central boards and put nest boxes and perches in interior,
• More perches, water and food containers outside,
• "Canary" wire around outside, plus a door, and
• Tin roof.

Used it for about ten years, then we moved - eleven times!

What a great idea.
I feel they can have alot of uses.

Here's one I played with a while back.

I dissembled and cut the bottom down.

This rusted goodness will give up it's inner ring to band the bottom.

Using the off cuts

Heat up stamp

How do you form the angle into circular shapes ?
I’ve used a sheet metal Shrinker or stretcher to do up to about 1.6mm but you’re bending thicker than that.
H.

It came off a structure seen in post #8

Thanks
Just out of interest how would you shape angle with the vertical on the inside.
With it on the outside I guess you could hammer stretch.
H

Originally Posted by clear out

Thanks
Just out of interest how would you shape angle with the vertical on the inside.
With it on the outside I guess you could hammer stretch.
H

There's no easy way that thick
You'll need heat and square bending forks for blacksmithing or someone with a former like a Hossfeld Bender with grooved rollers.