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Post by datto on Mar 4, 2016 9:01:47 GMT -5
Thank you very much, Ken. Dont know why I couldn't find them. Finding anything on the Pendle's site is a matter of mere chance, i think  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2016 11:28:42 GMT -5
Here's the new RS wheels. I built up the 3 different spoke numbers from the test etch. True, these will have to be slightly resized to fit the wheels and the spokes slightly thickened to improve the strength for handling. These have to be built, because the wheels are very skinny and rim-laced, not the much easier well-laced.  Left to right:- 36 spoke, 48 spoke and 60 spoke. Knock-on spinners are being cast...2 ear, 3 ear and plain. These will drop into the "hole" in the outer etches. Cheers, Martin |
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Post by munter on Mar 4, 2016 17:25:10 GMT -5
Tires look good....as do the rims and spokes.
Are the tires Colin's specialty?
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Post by Aurora on Mar 5, 2016 0:34:17 GMT -5
Will the thickness of the spokes be to scale?
Matt
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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2016 4:25:02 GMT -5
Actually John, the tyres are just what I grabbed. The 36 has an O-ring fitted to suggest the Austin 7 wheel, the 48 has an old Airfix one and the 60, some Urethane I found, but yes Colin is working on a mould for a suitable tyre and we have the use of a Swiss tyre for the bigger size.
Matt, I won't let the spokes get too far over scale, fear not!
Martin
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Post by Aurora on Mar 5, 2016 23:51:30 GMT -5
Thanks for the reassurance Martin.
I've never used photo-etched wire wheels before, so I don't know how they work. If the spokes affect the handling, can it be inferred that the spokes provide structural support? Would the wheel function without the spokes?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2016 4:10:14 GMT -5
Matt,
the spokes are purely cosmetic. The wheels function perfectly without. It would be nice to make wheels that are only spokes so you could see through them, but that would be a hell of a project!
Martin
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Post by Peter Seager-Thomas on Mar 6, 2016 12:06:26 GMT -5
Such wheels were in fact made, and indeed sold.  The original design of the wheels I made catered for 'see through' wheels, though only the one type was ever sold. The (still unfinished) Delage seen above had beaded edge type wheels with a scale diameter of 21". Manufacture of the wheels was no problem of course, but assembly was complex. The fronts were easy, they were simply jig built, trued on the lathe, then the joins filled with cyano glue. The rears were more complex since they had to transmit the drive, thus some special hubs were made with an additional sleeve to fit over the axle and the wheels were of part soldered construction. Danny (Nuvolari on this forum) is one of the few who were interested in these wheels. Here is a bad picture of one of his excellent builds which used these wheels. The thread on this build is here; f-one-thirty-two.proboards.com/thread/233/1905-darracq-200hp Peter. |
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Post by Andrew Rowland on Mar 8, 2016 8:14:47 GMT -5
Thanks for the reassurance Martin. I've never used photo-etched wire wheels before, so I don't know how they work. If the spokes affect the handling, can it be inferred that the spokes provide structural support? Would the wheel function without the spokes? Matt, I think your confusion comes from Martin's original use of the word 'handling'. I think he is referring to assembly handling, rather than race handling..... Cheers Andi |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2016 8:32:29 GMT -5
Exactly, Andi. Apologies for any confusion Matt.
Martin
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