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| rayl | Scratch Built Loening OL-8 Amphibian | Build | 21-Jun-15 15:56 |  | | Views : 496 | | Starting to weave the spokes. Do the lower side first. Note that when I drilled the holes in the rim, I offset thealternating holes by about the with of my drill bit to allow for full access to the holes as the weaving progresses. ANother nice thing about this jig is that you can offset the hub to either side of center to replicate wheels that have offset spokes in real life. The toothpick (lower right) is jambed into the last filled spoke hole to maintain the tension as the weave progresses. |
| rayl | Scratch Built Loening OL-8 Amphibian | Build | 21-Jun-15 15:51 |  | | Views : 502 | | Completed hub. In this instance I used a 1/2" long piece of 1/8" ID Evergreen tubing. |
| rayl | Scratch Built Loening OL-8 Amphibian | Build | 21-Jun-15 15:49 |  | | Views : 493 | | 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 |  | | Views : 497 | | 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 |  | | Views : 519 | | 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 |  | | Views : 525 | | 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. |
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| rayl | Scratch Built Loening OL-8 Amphibian | Build | 21-Jun-15 15:31 |  | | Views : 475 | | 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. |
| rayl | Scratch Built Loening OL-8 Amphibian | Build | 16-Jun-15 14:45 |  | | Views : 680 | | Lacing jig with wheel hub in place on the armature. More to follow, I hope. |
| rayl | Scratch Built Loening OL-8 Amphibian | Build | 16-Jun-15 14:42 |  | | Views : 620 | | I just had to use the new toy. Turned down some PVC pipe, ala John O., to resemble rims for the OL-8. 2" diameter X 3/8" wide w/40 spoke holes drilled through them. The little white washers will be the wheel hubs when assembled. I got carried away with gizmology making the jig, it didn't have to be anywhere that complicated. |
| rayl | Scratch Built Loening OL-8 Amphibian | Reference | 16-Jun-15 14:38 |  | | Views : 762 | | Oh, By the way: My new toy, big sale (+) 20% discount via Harbor Freight. Spent a week taking it down to the nuts & bolts, cleaning all of the ucky red grease out of it and setting it up. I'm gonna have a good time with this one. |
| rayl | Scratch Built Loening OL-8 Amphibian | Reference | 16-Jun-15 14:35 |  | | Views : 567 | | Hope that you are all having a good summer. Just finished restoring the orange glider but need to have time to sit in it. |
| rayl | Scratch Built Loening OL-8 Amphibian | Build | 16-Jun-15 14:33 |  | | Views : 657 | | Hi All! Had a rainy day so no landscaping or mowing. Covered the bottom of the Main Flaot with 1/16" basswood and sanded fair. I'm still trying to figure out the L.G and wheel wells before covering teh rest of the float and moving on. |
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