[SEL] wooden bell wheel O.T.

[Jeff Allen]

Very nice work Tom. Thanks for sharing.

Jeff Allen

Germoamer at aol.com wrote:

>This is my latest project.  It is a 4ft diameter x 1 3/4 thick(2 layers) 
>wooden wheel that goes on the church bell for the rope to go around and ring the 
>bell. I guess the bell weighs over 1000lbs. The old one rotted out after 40-50 
>years.  I have built it out of cypress and waterproof expanding polyurethane 
>glue.  In photo 6 you can see the glue still coming out in the rope groove. 
>After drying, I will scrape off extra glue, stain, and then paint two coats. We 
>took two bottle jacks and some timbers and climbed up thru the steeple, jacked 
>up one side of the bell slightly and removed the cast legs from one side of 
>bell and removed the old wheel.  To fit and cut all the pieces I made a full 
>scale template on masonite.  If I had not done this, I could not figure any other 
>way to cut the ends of the outer rim radiused pieces to butt together 
>perfectly.  The inner hub is cast steel which adapts the wheel to the bell axle.  It 
>has been a fun project. Should last longer than me!
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>http://www.oldengine.org/members/schmutz/images/wheel1
>http://www.oldengine.org/members/schmutz/images/wheel2
>http://www.oldengine.org/members/schmutz/images/wheel3
>http://www.oldengine.org/members/schmutz/images/wheel4
>http://www.oldengine.org/members/schmutz/images/wheel5
>http://www.oldengine.org/members/schmutz/images/wheel6
>
>Tom Schmutz
>Concord, Va. USA
>Germoamer at aol.com
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