hi all from whiskey mildenhall suffolk uk

[taherrmann4]

looks like Lassie

 

[sissy]

and you blame that absolutly innocent looking dog shame on you .too cute

 

[whiskey]

Prehaps i was being dogmatic [ha ha] anyway , today progress again slow, as i had a change of heart and recut the tennons adjoining casement into arrow head shape taking off tennon leaving shoulders full width, thus im able to attach lower casement with ease, with mitred corners. Photos show wheels progress today.

 

[whiskey]

Todays efforts show lower casement finished.

 

[j.w]

Ta da.............now I can see the wheel in it's almost finished state. Love it and it will look so nice

 

[DrDave]

A work of art! Are you going to spin balance it?

 

[whiskey]

take my wheel for a spin down to local tyre bay and "say do you balance wheels"...."yes".......well balance this than! he he

 

[whiskey]

joking apart. 1] how do you balance wheel? Got new 30mm x 500mm shalft with two 30mm bearing , paddles should spinwheel but if you know how ,please tell.

 

[addy1]

My guess would be like a ceiling fan, attach small weights to different paddles until it spins well.

 

[whiskey]

was thinking along the lines of heavy at bottom so add weight to top

 

[taherrmann4]

But it won't be going that fast so I am not sure it has to be exact as long as it is close. A ceiling fan moves much faster so it is more important for it to be balanced.

 

[DrDave]

I may have to do a drawing for you. Basically, you take 4 metal wheels with ball bearings that are overlapped, the shaft in your wheel must be a good fit and you place some marks like a clock on the perifery of your wheel. Then you spin it, the array of bearings are set up where there is almost no friction so the wheel will always stop with the heavy side down. You keep adding weights, or removing material to balance it. When it is balanced, the place it stops will always be random.
Does this explain it well enough?
I just found a you tube link similar to what I just described.
[ame]

Easy to do.

 

[whiskey]

:bouncycig: dr dave your the main man, i was almost there

 

[DrDave]

With it properly balanced, it will not take much flow to keep it at a steady state. It is this kind of attention that seperates the Masters from the Novices.

 

[whiskey]

grasshopper will try oh master:bowdown:...thanks