[SEL] New Wheels

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Ron,

How did you get the outer part of the wheel and the axle bearing such that they were concentric and not out of alignment? Thanks.

Tom in St. Louis
 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: rdhaskell at juno.com
> Hi Luke.
> The spokes were originally cut square, at final fitting the spokes on the
> 18" wheel were slightly angled on one end for a better fit.  The spokes
> on the 14" wheels were angled more, so they were beveled on both ends for
> better fit.
> 
> Ron Haskell
> rdhaskell at juno.com
> Riverside, California
> USA
> http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/AlbumList?u=3009370&f=0
> 
> On Wed, 13 Jul 2005 11:00:37 +0000 "Luke Tonneberger"
> <flywheelin at hotmail.com> writes:
> > Ron,
> > 
> > Did you radius the ends of the 1/2" pipe that you used for the 
> > spokes to 
> > match the hub and wheel radius? Or were the ends of the spokes just 
> > cut 
> > square and the gap filled with weld?
> > 
> > Luke Tonneberger
> > Rockford, Michigan
> > USA
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