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| rayl | Scratch Built Loening OL-8 Amphibian | Build | 21-Jun-15 15:49 |  |
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| My apologies for the horrendous spelling, I'll do better. This is the hub after the 10 holes have been drilled. Now, do it again. |
| rayl | Scratch Built Loening OL-8 Amphibian | Build | 21-Jun-15 15:47 |  |
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| Not that you need it, but I made a small "V-notch" jig to cradle the hub. It is rather finicy to set up but once it is set, the distance of the holes from the edge of the hub is locked in. Note the high tch clamping mechanism, so all help is appreciated. I used a No. 47 drill which is probably oversized for the spoke material. |
| rayl | Scratch Built Loening OL-8 Amphibian | Build | 21-Jun-15 15:38 |  |
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| Laying out the number of holes on one of the hub pieces. This is a piece of 0.060" styrene about 1/2 " in diameter. |
| rayl | Scratch Built Loening OL-8 Amphibian | Build | 21-Jun-15 15:36 |  |
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| THis is what I used for the OL-8 wheels. The "stretchy stuff" also works well and due to it bigger diameter, visually fills the spoke area more. I couldn't find any surgical thread locally like John O used so I went with what I could find. I don't think that regular thread is a good choice if you live in an area that has big swings in humidity. |
| rayl | Scratch Built Loening OL-8 Amphibian | Build | 21-Jun-15 15:31 |  |
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| I thought that I wouls share my method of building spoked wheels. John O is the inspiration but I have added a few of my own twists to the process. Several things that I need to mention before progressing: (1) After determining the number of spokes that you want, the hub has to have 1/4 the number of holes (per side) that the wheel rim does, i.e, if the rim is going to have 40 spokes the hub requires 10 holes per side. (2) when assembling the wheel hub, I think that it looks better if the hub holes are staggered. (3) The jig, as shown does not have to have a tight hold on the rim, I like to be able to rotate the hub/rim assembly while lacing up the spokes. |
| MMitch2782 | Guillows Series 500 - Spitfire | Build | 21-Jun-15 13:43 |  |
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| Guillows Spitfire MK 1 fuselage |
