[SEL] How to Straighten Spoke in Cart Wheel

bill at antique-engines.com bill at antique-engines.com
Tue Mar 27 06:50:04 PDT 2007


Sly, Gary, very sly...........
You have a scrap yard for such junk, eh?

BTW - nice cart.


Bill
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> Like others have said, just use the hammer and you should be alright.  If
> you
> think the metal has crystalized so much that it is brittle enough to
> break,
> you'd better not put a valued engine on the cart.  Just send it on up to
> Theodosia and I'll store it in an out of the way place for you.  By the
> way
> you might want to paint it a dark green before you send it up here.
>
> Gary
>
>
> "Paul Maples" <paulmaples at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
>> Thanks Gary, I am not sure how much pressure it would take to knock it
>> back
>
>> in line and I sure do not want to crack it if it is fragile from years
>> of
>> stress.
>>
>> Paul
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: <garyepps at fidnet.com>
>> To: "The SEL email discussion list" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
>> Sent: Monday, March 26, 2007 10:27 PM
>> Subject: Re: [SEL] How to Straighten Spoke in Cart Wheel
>>
>>
>> > Paul,
>> >
>> > That's not bent very bad.  If it was mine I would just put a block of
> wood
>> > under it and tap it back in place with a hammer.  If you put a block
>> of
>> > wood
>> > between the hammer and the spoke you won't leave any hammer marks on
>> the
>> > spoke.
>>
>>
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