Ships wheel help needed

[Wild Dingo]

Okay since the flood last year I now find I dont have the cds anymore so Im gonna ask here...

I know in one issue there was an article on "building a ships wheel" what I need to know are the dimensions of the spokes and "falloes?" the inbetween bits for a wheel with a diameter of 26in... this would have 8 spokes

Any help would be appreciated
Cheers

[jlapratt]

For a 28" wheel-

Spokes: 1" square
Inner felloes: 3 1/4"
Outer felloes: 2"


Jeff

[Wild Dingo]

Cheers Jeff :cool:

Whats the dimensions of the feloes? 3 1/4" x? 2in x ?

Okay the dimension of the spoke is 1in sq... so is the inner falloe 1/4in less either side so that the outer falloe is able to be cutinto so it sits flush on the spoke and flat on the inner falloe? Im assuming that dimension is the width?

Karlo Ive seen that.... the last set I saw went for $180AUD and mate thats just not gonna happen! me other half may be a tiny wee thing but by the gods she has a tighter grip on the purse strings than a 1000klo Sumo wrestler! :rolleyes:

[paladin]

Shane....the article has been run off and will be in the mail tomorrow...

[Wild Dingo]

Cheers Chuck... thanks for that mate your a bloody legend :cool: as for the other we spoke about dont worry about it okay? its all cool this end
Cheers
Shane

[jlapratt]

Shane,

While you wait for AusPost....................

3 1/4" x 3/4"

2" x 1/2"

Rabbit outer felloes 1/4" to fit over 1" spoke.

Jeff

[paladin]

what size and waht wood are you using for the wheel.?

[Wild Dingo]

Cheers again Jeff :cool:

Chuck I will be using Jarrah for the spokes and inner falloes and am considering Sheoak or banksia for the outter... this would make it fair sparkle in the looks department but would loose some of the strength something like Tuart or Jarrah has... actually I do still have a bit of Tuart laying around so may just go with that and do some sort of inlay or perfurling in the rebates where the screws will go.... I actualy have a fair bit of your USA RedWood crotch veneer I bought last year so that could blend well as the perfurling eh

[The Bigfella]

Hey Shane

If I send this one over for you to fix up, I'll let you copy it while you do the repairs. This is one of the teak originals off Grantala:

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid194/pe02d6c7dc68fc50fa2c0fa937b6b22b0/f173549f.jpg

[Wild Dingo]

:eek: :eek: Bloody hell mate what the heck were you upto when that happened?? :eek:

Strike me bloody purple mate thats a right worry eh! :(

[Jon Agne]

FWIW....There is a 30" Wilcox Crittenden wheel on eBay. The only place I know of where you can get a wheel like this now is at Lunenburg Foundry, but I'm not even sure they work with cast iron any more. You may have to pay the big $$$ for cast bronze.....and we all know how much copper has skyrocketed!!!

I have one of these on my 25' Crosby catboat. Top quality! Hope I can the link on here correctly....

http://cgi.ebay.com/WILCOX-CRITTENDEN-ANTIQUE-SHIP-SHIPS-BOAT-WHEEL-1847_W0QQitemZ280069418074QQihZ018QQcategoryZ37973 QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

OOOPS! Just realized where you are......shipping this might be a little prohibitive unless you know a Quantas crew member!

[The Bigfella]

:eek: :eek: Bloody hell mate what the heck were you upto when that happened?? :eek:

Thats what 70 years on the sundeck will do to you. I've had the bronze bits rechromed - must get around to dowelling / glueing this back together though. A few people before me have had a go at it over the years.

[Wild Dingo]

Well Chucks package arrived in the mail today! Info received and gratefull aknowledgement offered :cool:

Now all I gotta do is wait for him to get back to me pm about the back page sketch... I think it was a pattern for a hub but Im not sure

Anyway thanks fellas!! :cool: