Category Archives: Workshop

Video of one of the “tires” fitted to the lower wheel. I used my aging Kodak Z730 camera and for some reason there is no audio – never mind.

As per my last post continued on to put a “tire” on the upper wheel but when I pulled the second tube out of it’s box discovered it had been packaged with a funny kink – bugger. Back to Kmart … Continue reading →

Video of the bandsaw running with a banding tape blade.

Short video of the new pulley mounted on the 12mm shaft at the rear of the motor. I pre-cut the groove on the router table with a V-bit and then mounted the pulley on the motor shaft to finish turning … Continue reading →

Over the last couple of days been trying to recover from a major setback, while trying to turn the crowns on the fattened wheels the V-drive pulley, which is bolted to the impeller, keeps separating itself (spinning off) from the … Continue reading →

With lots of grinding I put a V point cutting edge on one of my old files to turn V-groves on pulleys and drive wheels.

Plodding along…and yes moving forward in the right direction. Until now the bearing flanges were just screwed on but when the wheels are spinning under load from blade tension there will be something like 150lbs (70kgs) of force being thrown … Continue reading →

The upper and lower wheels are basically finished and run true with minimal wobble, however there is one more task – fatten the rims. The wheels are made from 17mm laminated chipboard of which I have a good supply. I … Continue reading →

The lower wheel has a drive pulley with a V-grove to accommodate the notched V belt. To cut the grove in the drive pulley I need to some how spin the thing so I made a smaller pulley and cut … Continue reading →