Wood and brass

Almost got all the parts done to hold the thing I\'m building.


Don

 

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Looks great. I like the brass ferrules on the spokes. The carriage is just as hard to build if not harder than the gun.

8-)  BEAUTIFUL WORK DON !

Thanks for the compliments.  I wanted to do something different and I didn\'t see anyone using brass on their spokes.  Yes, the carriage and wheels are just as hard as the rest of the gun.  I\'ve been on it for months.  I\'ll try and put some pictures up of the adventure.

Don

Here I\'m centering all the spokes, except I\'ve got the center drill in the chuck and the spoke in the quick change.

 

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I turned each end to 1/2\" and chucked it up in the rotary head. I tilted the head using shims to have around 3/8\" taper per foot. I used a 1/4\" rounding tool first on one side and up and over to do the other. I rotated 180 degrees and did the same thing. Times 32 plus a few extra spokes. The end that was clamped in the chuck eventually got turned down for the 1/2\" ferrules.

 

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After I cut out the 8 parts to the octagon, I made the center section out of particle board for 2 reasons. The first one, was to keep everything together when I tightened the clamps after I glued the sections. I left one section unglued as the following pictures will explain.

 

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The second reason for the particle board center was to be able to use it as a hub for cutting out the O.D. on the band saw. I used another piece of particle board underneath to slide the whole fixture into place. I attached a slat under it that slid in the slot of the band saw table. Once in place, just rotate the octagon around and saw away. I have a wood dowel in the center to rotate on.

 

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Remember when I said I left one of the octogon segments unglued. I used a little strap to hold the unglued segments together. I unscrewed it and slid the blade of the bandsaw on the inside of the octagon and put the strap back on. I used two wood dowels to match the OD to shove against and sawed the ID. I don\'t know how the Amish do it, but that\'s the way I did it.

 

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Very simple, but very very clever. Thank you.

Thanks so much for the nice compliment.

Don

Finally finished the fixture to hold the gizmo.

 

 

[Dave]

Thank you for re-posting these pics! I put them where they need to be....

 

Absolutely stunning by the way!!! :eek:

[4171]

That\'s a work of art. WOW

[Pmercer]

I love this!

[42rocker]

Don

Great Job!! Sure does look great. Can\'t wait to see the \"gizmo\" on top of it.

 

Later 42rocker

[DonLans]

Thanks for the great comments.  I\'ll try and get a picture of the \"gizmo\" after I get the barrels blackened and change the bolts from a 2-piece soldered design, to a 1-piece.

[42rocker]

Looks Great and gives a lot of ideas on how much more you can do. Real Nice Don.

 

Here is a \"doc\" that has this thread without a lot of extra posts.

 

Later 42rocker

 

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[DonLans]

That is really a neat way to put it all together.  I like it.  I hope to see \"Dennis and Brian\'s build\" in pictures and in this \"Word\" format.

 

Don

[42rocker]

Don

It takes time to do it. That is one of the other threads that I was thinking about doing it to.

It sure makes things easier if a site goes down.

Glad that you like what I did to your thread about the great work that you did. Our group is getting near that area. Someday Please..

 

Later 42rocker