Peter Coates on thu 1 jun 06
V-groove wheels are real common item... any hardwhare store should
have them.. or like Tom suggest a metal store,....
i know that graingers has them and you can get them on line....
www.grainger.com type in v-groove wheel in the search box...
Peter in OKC, OK
On May 31, 2006, at 10:05 PM, Tom at Hutchtel.net wrote:
> Our neighbor, a welder and steel worker, says they are generally
> available
> at iron scrap yards....or they'll know where to get them. Nils
> used to sell
> them 7 or 8 years ago. Don't know if he still does, but he might
> know a
> source. He's at Linfield College in Oregon.
>
> http://calvin.linfield.edu/~nlou/
>
> Tom Wirt
>
> Subject: Re: Kiln building supplies
>
>
>> Dan P. wrote:
>>> I have great hopes to build a shuttle MFT kiln and
>> am having a very hard
>> time finding wheels with a groove in then. Anyone
>> know of a good source?
>> I looked a Grainger but the only ones they had
>> were over $170 each...
>
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Michael Wendt on thu 1 jun 06
In his MFT instruction book, Nils Lou
suggests the use of regular casters as an
alternative to the v-grooved ones for
angle iron track.
It would be very easy to construct a
guide system that would cause the kiln
car to center and square up to the taper
of the kiln envelope.
Also, not using track means the car can
be moved anywhere the floor will permit
to ease loading and unloading.
In addition, very high load capacity swivel
casters like the Bassick brand we use
on our 3000 pound clay carts cost only
about $65 each at Applied Industrial
Technologies. They have urethane tires cast
over aluminum wheels and roll smoothly
Regards,
Michael Wendt
Wendt Pottery
2729 Clearwater Ave
Lewiston, Idaho 83501
USA
wendtpot@lewiston.com
www.wendtpottery.com
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