Copy away, Brendon! I believe Picasso said, 'All great artists steal' so there's definitely no shame to be had.
Cheers,John On Thursday, August 26, 2021 at 9:15:27 PM UTC+9 brendonoid wrote: > This is such a great piece of DIY I plan to shamelessly copy! > > On Thursday, 26 August 2021 at 19:57:32 UTC+8 John Rinker wrote: > >> Brendon, >> >> Here's another angle on the jig. Not sure it shows too much more. >> [image: IMG_7098.jpeg] >> >> On Thursday, August 26, 2021 at 8:52:48 PM UTC+9 John Rinker wrote: >> >>> Hey Brendon, >>> >>> The arms with wheel braces are spring-loaded to open easily and hold the >>> rim in place, and the rim runs on two tiny wheels on each brace. The hub >>> support is 3 pieces of 1 x 4 laminated together and then sanded to a taper >>> with a threaded rod onto which I slide the hub. As you can see, it's held >>> onto the table with a clamp and then folds up for storage. No real >>> functionality issues, but I may slightly change the angle of the wheel >>> braces so the wheels contact the rim in a more perpendicular manner. I did >>> put some pieces of Newbaum's tape over exposed screw heads to avoid >>> scratching the rim as I put it in or take it out. >>> >>> The inspiration came from the jig I saw on the Prowheelbuilder's >>> homepage (photo 8), but theirs is super skookum! I guess that's why they >>> call 'em 'Pros'! >>> >>> Cheers. >>> >>> On Thursday, August 26, 2021 at 8:27:13 PM UTC+9 brendonoid wrote: >>> >>>> This is really neat. I think I get how this works but can you give us a >>>> little explanation of your design ideas and its functionality/problems? >>>> >>>> Thanks for sharing! >>>> >>>> On Thursday, 26 August 2021 at 18:35:12 UTC+8 John Rinker wrote: >>>> >>>>> I don't know, there's something about the intersection of Rivendell >>>>> ethos, futzing with things, and self-reliance that strikes a chord with >>>>> me. >>>>> Maybe it's not only Rivs, but bicycles in general beg to be tinkered >>>>> with, >>>>> taken apart, and put together. This is, to my mind, almost as fun as >>>>> riding >>>>> the darn things. Anywho, I enjoy building wheels so I built this jig for >>>>> lacing wheels (first iteration), and it seems to work like a hot damn! >>>>> Thought any like-mind folks might enjoy seeing it. Cheers. >>>>> >>>>> [image: WheelJig.jpeg] >>>>> >>>>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/3871972a-395e-4f5b-9f63-d9c959dabf94n%40googlegroups.com.
