Shipâ€™s wheel (an easy one)

Hi mates
Working on my new model â€œKaravoskaroâ€ (a schooner) I had to build her wheel. Having no carving skill I made an easy one as below.

1. On a piece of hard wood (close to wheelâ€™s thickness) I draw a round of the desire wheel and a second internal as itâ€™s wide. I removed the wood from the internal round (I start drilling a hole) and then I cut off the external one removing a wooden round from the piece of wood.
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2. I placed the wheelâ€™s bodyâ€¦on a wooden roll marked with the wheels spokes and I drilled holes (8 of them) in the diameter close to diameter of a toothpick.
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3. From a small wooden round I cut off a slice (in the wheelâ€™s thickness) and I made four holes less than the diameter of a toothpick and crosswise. In addition I chose eight (8)toothpicks (as in foto the specific ones) and transformed them (cutting one piece of them) as showing. I cut four of them in the length I wanted (as my wheelâ€™s spokes) and the lasting four a little longer on which I reduced the edges. See fotos.
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4. I started with the four reduced toothpicks- placed them crosswise through the wheelâ€™s body and secure them on the central slice.
http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/1783/neo5jj5.jpg
5. At the end and after putting together all the parts I made my schoonerâ€™s wheel good enough for the time I spend.
http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/3631/neo6iw1.jpg

Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2006 4:18 pm • Post subject:

A good, simple solution,
Thanks for sharing it.
Fraser

Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2006 5:32 pm • Post subject:

Thanasis,

Once again you've come up with a great solution to a difficult problem! Those "Greek" toothpicks of yours come in handy for so many ship modeling problems. I wish they were available here.

Scott

Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2006 5:40 pm • Post subject:

Check out an Oriental supermarket... hey're everywhere here in Prague.
Fraser

Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2006 7:51 pm • Post subject:

Nice one Thanasis.

John

Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2006 9:17 pm • Post subject:

I 'll place this topic in my bookmarks for future reference.
Very handy trick..
Stelios

Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2006 3:17 am • Post subject:

Thansis,

Thanks for the great tip. I have made pictures of your construction for future reference.

And Scott, I found these toothpicks at Cracker Barrel. I think I paid $ 5.00 for them.

Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2006 7:51 am • Post subject: Hi there

Thank you all mates for your kind words. I am pleased if I gave something for our hobby. Smile

Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2006 2:18 am • Post subject:

Thanks Ryland! Janesville isn't very big so we don't have any specialty grocery stores but we do have a Cracker Barrel Wink

Scott