Tracy Dotson on fri 4 jul 97
Has any one out there have an address of a supplier for the "tapered" rubber
drive wheels that came with the older (20) yr old Randle kick wheel's. The
last one's I ordered from The Randle Co. came squared off and will not fit my
wheel. I would like to order at least 5 of them to cary me through the next
20 years. The drive shaft on the motor is 5/8 " but if I have to I think I
can have 1/2" holes drilled out to work,
Any help would be appreciated since my last one is worn down to the nub and I
am digging into that stash all of us have of old worn parts and materials.
Hope to hear from some one on this soon.
Thanks Tracy
Tracy Dotson
The Pottery
PO Box 14
Penland, NC 28765
Fax 704 765 6450
Studio 704 765 8222
Jean Lehman on sat 5 jul 97
Give Randall a call and explain the problem and I am sure you will receive
the correct type for your wheel. They are very helpful people. If you need
their number, let me know.
Jean
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j_lehman@acad.FandM.EDU (that's an _underscore_ not a hyphen)
http://www.art-craftpa.com/lehman.html
Check out the 1997 Strictly Functional Pottery National at:
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Elca Branman on sun 6 jul 97
When I had similar problems,someone suggested getting a hockey
puck..However I did manage to get a new cone shaped drive from Estrin ,in
Canada for my wheel..Don'y know if it will fit Randall but worth a call
to Estrin(vaguely remeber them as being inToronto ??but you could
probably get their address from info) Sorry for all the vagueness but my
studio stuff is packed away as I transfer operations to another state and
I couldn't lay my hands on my business info..Elca
Elca Branman
Branman Potters ,Stone Ridge, N.Y.
in the Hudson Valley
elcab1@juno.com
Helllll on sun 6 jul 97
I use a hand built wheel based of the stewart wheel, some where around 30
years old.... i inherited it from an uncle..... what he used and instruted
me to use and i did use,,, was,,,, to take a rubber mallet you buy from
the hard ware store and slice it up....... some have holes in the middle
some don't.... the one i got didn't so i just drilled the proper
size........
hank
Paul Jay - Little Creek Fine Arts-Harmony, PA on sun 6 jul 97
Tracy Dotson wrote:
>
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> Has any one out there have an address of a supplier for the "tapered" rubber
> drive wheels that came with the older (20) yr old Randle kick wheel's. The
> last one's I ordered from The Randle Co. came squared off and will not fit my
> wheel. I would like to order at least 5 of them to cary me through the next
> 20 years. The drive shaft on the motor is 5/8 " but if I have to I think I
> can have 1/2" holes drilled out to work,
>
> Any help would be appreciated since my last one is worn down to the nub and I
> am digging into that stash all of us have of old worn parts and materials.
>
> Hope to hear from some one on this soon.
>
> Thanks Tracy
>
> Tracy Dotson
> The Pottery
> PO Box 14
> Penland, NC 28765
>
> Fax 704 765 6450
> Studio 704 765 8222
Tracy
I purchased my Randall wheel in 1967 or 68. I've always used the rubber
drive wheels from cloths dryers to run with. Check if you have an
appliance parts store close to you and ask them to help.
Hertz Pottery on sun 6 jul 97
I used a inline skate wheel for a long time, it worked quite well... They
make different firmnes wheels for various skateing uses.
Erik>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>Has any one out there have an address of a supplier for the "tapered" rubber
>drive wheels that came with the older (20) yr old Randle kick wheel's. The
>last one's I ordered from The Randle Co. came squared off and will not fit my
>wheel. I would like to order at least 5 of them to cary me through the next
>20 years. The drive shaft on the motor is 5/8 " but if I have to I think I
>can have 1/2" holes drilled out to work,
>
>Any help would be appreciated since my last one is worn down to the nub and I
>am digging into that stash all of us have of old worn parts and materials.
>
>Hope to hear from some one on this soon.
>
>Thanks Tracy
>
>Tracy Dotson
>The Pottery
>PO Box 14
>Penland, NC 28765
>
>Fax 704 765 6450
>Studio 704 765 8222
>
>
Brooks Burgess on mon 7 jul 97
At 12:20 PM 7/6/97 EDT, you wrote:
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>I used a inline skate wheel for a long time, it worked quite well... They
>make different firmnes wheels for various skateing uses.
>Erik>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>>Has any one out there have an address of a supplier for the "tapered" rubber
>>drive wheels that came with the older (20) yr old Randle kick wheel's. The
>>last one's I ordered from The Randle Co. came squared off and will not fit my
>>wheel. I would like to order at least 5 of them to cary me through the next
>>20 years. The drive shaft on the motor is 5/8 " but if I have to I think I
>>can have 1/2" holes drilled out to work,
>>
>>Any help would be appreciated since my last one is worn down to the nub and I
>>am digging into that stash all of us have of old worn parts and materials.
>>
>>Hope to hear from some one on this soon.
>>
>>Thanks Tracy
>>
>>Tracy Dotson
>>The Pottery
>>PO Box 14
>>Penland, NC 28765
>>
>>Fax 704 765 6450
>>Studio 704 765 8222
>>
>>
>Im not sure if the taper would be the correct angle or if the rubber would
be the correct "hardness" but you might try rubber stoppers from a
scientific supply house. They are tapered to fit beakers and come in a
variety of sizes. my 2 cents.
brooks
>
Arturo DeVitalis on tue 8 jul 97
Last time I looked in the WW Grainger Catalog they had somethings that
would do the job.
McCoy, Jack Eugene on tue 8 jul 97
How do you attach these home-made rubber wheels to your motor's drive
shaft?
I'm in the early stages of piecing together an electric wheel and am
looking at alternatives.
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Jack McCoy
Systems Programmer
East Carolina University
Voice: (919) 328-6855
Fax: (919) 328-4258
email: mccoyj@mail.ecu.edu
> ----------
> From: Hertz Pottery[SMTP:hertz@dmv.com]
> Reply To: Ceramic Arts Discussion List
> Sent: Sunday, July 06, 1997 12:20 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list CLAYART
> Subject: Re: Rubber drive wheels..need help
>
> ----------------------------Original
> message----------------------------
> I used a inline skate wheel for a long time, it worked quite well...
> They
> make different firmnes wheels for various skateing uses.
> Erik>----------------------------Original
> message----------------------------
> >Has any one out there have an address of a supplier for the "tapered"
> rubber
> >drive wheels that came with the older (20) yr old Randle kick
> wheel's. The
> >last one's I ordered from The Randle Co. came squared off and will
> not fit my
> >wheel. I would like to order at least 5 of them to cary me through
> the next
> >20 years. The drive shaft on the motor is 5/8 " but if I have to I
> think I
> >can have 1/2" holes drilled out to work,
> >
> >Any help would be appreciated since my last one is worn down to the
> nub and I
> >am digging into that stash all of us have of old worn parts and
> materials.
> >
> >Hope to hear from some one on this soon.
> >
> >Thanks Tracy
> >
> >Tracy Dotson
> >The Pottery
> >PO Box 14
> >Penland, NC 28765
> >
> >Fax 704 765 6450
> >Studio 704 765 8222
> >
> >
>
The Shelfords on wed 9 jul 97
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> I did manage to get a new cone shaped drive from Estrin ,in
>Canada for my wheel....(vaguely remeber them as being inToronto ??.....Elca
Responding to that snip - Larry Estrin is in Vancouver at (604) 731-5371 or
fax 731-0099.
____________________________________________________________________________
Veronica Shelford
e-mail: shelford@island.net
s-mail: P.O. Box 6-15
Thetis Island, BC V0R 2Y0
Tel: (250) 246-1509
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Tadeusz Westawic on wed 9 jul 97
McCoy, Jack Eugene wrote:
>
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> How do you attach these home-made rubber wheels to your motor's drive
> shaft?
>
> I'm in the early stages of piecing together an electric wheel and am
> looking at alternatives.
>
> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
> =-=-=-=-=
> Jack McCoy
> Systems Programmer
> East Carolina University
> Voice: (919) 328-6855
> Fax: (919) 328-4258
> email: mccoyj@mail.ecu.edu
>
Hi,
I built a kickwheel which I later motorized.
The gadget for your motor's shaft is called a "work arbor", you will
find it at your local hw store. It has a hollow end with set screws and
a threaded end. The hollow end receives the motor shaft and the threaded
end receives whatever you are going to mount to it. They are common in
two sizes.
I started to build a fully electric wheel in the late 70's. My design
called for bicycle wheel mounted on wheel shaft and conical drive wheel
mounted on motor. I made the conical wheel out of waterbroof particle
board bandsaw-cut into graded circles with beveled edges, so that when
stacked the pieces formed a "cone" whose profile was a circular sector.
I mounted the thing to the motor and clamped it to my benchtop and
applied auto body putty to fill in rough spots. I spun the motor and
evened-out irregularities with a rasp.
You might also consider purchasing a variable speed motor and controller
and run a double belt and pulley set-up. For my money, this is the only
"variable speed/constant torque" set-up that works well.
Another starting point could be axles and bearings from existing
sources: automobile front or rear axle with bearings and wheels, power
transfer arbor from a riding mower. The mower arbor was my intended guts
for the fully electric wheel.
Have fun!
Tadzu
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