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| LASTWOODSMAN | Scratch Built Curtiss Pusher | Parked | 27-Jan-17 15:47 |  |
| Views : 652 |
| The holes already drilled into the rim were from a 0.041" #59 drill bit and Pin Vise. Since the hardwood toothpic spokes are about 0.086" in diameter, I will now chase each one of these 16 holes up to 3/32" or 0.0938" holes for the spokes to have some "wiggle" room in order to attach into the hub holes yet to be made. |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Scratch Built Curtiss Pusher | Parked | 27-Jan-17 15:28 |  |
| Views : 645 |
| This is the greater angle of "Felloe" hole through the wheel rim, for the other side of the wheel to provide a "deeper" dish. I used a smaller 4.4 mm spacer under the hub. In this way, the spokes should, I hope, attach to the hub at equal distances from the hub ends. |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Scratch Built Curtiss Pusher | Parked | 27-Jan-17 15:22 |  |
| Views : 647 |
| This will be an "Assymetrical Dish" 16 wooden spoke wheel. This is the shallower angle of the "Felloe" holes in the wheel rim to provide the "shallower" dish side of the wheel. I used an 8.6 mm spacer under the hub to raise the hub to the correct level, slid on the hub, sllid a 1/8 " location pressure holding support tube on top of the hub with a small square balsa pressure plate on top of that to make everything secure. |
| John M Oshust | ManzanoLaser BAT FK-24 Baboon | Build | 27-Jan-17 14:08 |  |
| Views : 765 |
| Exhaust valves and springs. |
| John M Oshust | ManzanoLaser BAT FK-24 Baboon | Build | 27-Jan-17 14:07 |  |
| Views : 747 |
| Exhaust valves, valve springs, and exhaust pipes. |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Scratch Built Curtiss Pusher | Parked | 27-Jan-17 10:16 |  |
| Views : 674 |
| The 16 spoke wooden wheel is "laid out." The aluminum sleeve bearing is sized and cut, and the Hub and Toothpic Spokes are stained and ready. Now the hard part - drilling the "Felloe" holes in the rim into the same line as the "Moritse" female end holes in the hub, to take the "Tenon" male end point of the toothpic. |
