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   Steinmetz | Jun 18, 2003 11:29pm | #1

   Pat, before you cut the circular parts of the rim, make the rim with 5 segments. of rectangular stock.

   Then miter the ten angles to a 36  degree angle mark the center of each sectior . Temporarily  tack or tape the assembled pentagon to a flat surface.

   Draw with a compass or trammel, the inner and outer circles but don't cut yet.

    Now ,bore the holes on your drillpress for the spokes but stop so you don't go past the outer line.

   If you have a tenoning jig, cut the mortises for the splines that go in after everything is assembled.

    The splines should be a fraction less wider than the mortise width and made from baltic ply to fit the mortise's thickness.

   Cut the inner circle now. Then assemble the spokes,splines, hub and sector together,with the splines protruding.

    If everything fits nicely , it's time to cut the outer rim's circle.  Save the outer five cut offs to make a caul on a flat board to wedge the sectors together after gluing

   Stein.

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   pmallett | Jun 19, 2003 03:49pm | #3

   Stein-

   Thanks for the information.  I beleive that I can do this.  The wheels are going to be made of mahoghany.  Is there a problem with me using mahoghany for the splines?  I'm not wanting the contrast of the wood that birch ply would give

   Pat

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   Steinmetz | Jun 19, 2003 08:18pm | #6

   Pat, no prob with using mahog for the splines. (just orient the grain of the splines so that they are perpendicular to the miter joints )

   If you complete the wheel and you want to make it perfectly round, place a pivot pin into the router table at the correct radii and ease it down on to the pin and moving straight edged router bit and rotate the wheel clockwise. Stein.

    If you don't have a router table,  Wood Workers Wearhouse has flat ,elongated ,lucite router bases having a series of pivot holes, so you can do it with a hand held router.  G,Luck.

   Edited 6/19/2003 1:27:00 PM ET by steinmetz

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   BenM | Jun 19, 2003 12:07am | #2

   FWW had an article (I think this is the one; I'll have to check when I get home) on building a tea cart.  The cart featured large wheels which were wood and spoked.  The rim was steam bent.  It's in Issue 82 (May/June 1990), by John Dunham.  It's also been reprinted in one of the "Best of" series.

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   pmallett | Jun 19, 2003 03:53pm | #4

   Ben:

   Thanks for responding so quickly to my post.  I have searched the online archives of FWW and can't locate the article.  I used search parameters of "tea cart" and "spoked wheels" to no success.  I don't beleive that you can search by volume #, or at least I didn't see it.  If you could give me further info I'd appreciate it.

   Pat

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   BenM | Jun 19, 2003 07:56pm | #5

   The issue I mentioned is the correct one.  If you can't find a copy of the magazine it was reprinted in a Taunton publication called "The Best of FWW on Tables and Chairs".