Hey Joel: I have a good background in construction and find these plans incomplete. Not to sure I could build this kick wheel from what I've seen. Is there more info or does one just ad lib? Looks like a fun project and can always use another wheel, however I do have a kick wheel. Let Me know on the wheel plans. Mike
Hey Mike, Incomplete is part of the fun, eh? I'll be making a few changes to the plans myself too, but they should be perfect for providing a good starting point for this style of wheel. I'm totally curios for any input before I get started.
Here are some further instructions from the good folks at SDSU:
"The plywood is simply screwed and glued together, and the wood given a coat of Thompson's Water Seal. I think the posts are lag screwed into the second from top and bottom sheets of plywood along with being glued into their mortised holes, but they might just be glued. Most of the cuts were made with a router, included the mortises in the plywood for the posts. The top bearing is a 1 inch-shaft thrust bearing that we salvaged off of an old kick wheel. It is lag screwed using its flange mounting to the underside of the top laminated plywood disk. The bottom bearing I found at a salvage dealer in town (it might be something like a clutch throwout bearing - I'm not sure) The bottom bearing mostly carries side thrust and is simply a press fit into a routed hole in the bottom plywood disk."
I hope this makes the project go a bit more smoothly.
Hi - I was just wondering, did you build one of these? I am not that technically minded, but would like to have a go, having done a weekend 'throwing large' course here in the uk, and realised my electric wheel isn't really what I need. Thanks - Andy.
Thanks for sharing your lovely wheel! It inspired me to try and invent an easier pottery wheel that uses no electricity. Just last month I discovered spinning wheels by accident. Now I'm designing a pottery wheel based on the Chakra Spinning Wheel - there's three wheels making it spin very quickly. The treadle design which helped me was the Lendrum pitman design.
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Thanks for plans !
Excellent! Much easier than the other sets of plans I have found and printed out!
there's a project to sink your teeth into
Hey Joel: I have a good background in construction and find these plans incomplete. Not to sure I could build this kick wheel from what I've seen. Is there more info or does one just ad lib? Looks like a fun project and can always use another wheel, however I do have a kick wheel. Let Me know on the wheel plans. Mike
i didn't notice the soju cup holder in the plans... but, that's easily added.
Hey Mike,
Incomplete is part of the fun, eh? I'll be making a few changes to the plans myself too, but they should be perfect for providing a good starting point for this style of wheel. I'm totally curios for any input before I get started.
Here are some further instructions from the good folks at SDSU:
"The plywood is simply screwed and glued together,
and the wood given a coat of Thompson's Water Seal. I think the posts are lag screwed into the second from top and bottom sheets of plywood along with being glued into their mortised holes, but they might just be glued. Most of the cuts were made with a router, included the mortises in the plywood for the posts. The top bearing is a 1 inch-shaft thrust bearing that we salvaged off of an old kick wheel. It is lag screwed using its flange mounting to the underside of the top laminated plywood disk. The bottom bearing I found at a salvage dealer in town (it might be something like a clutch throwout bearing - I'm not sure) The bottom
bearing mostly carries side thrust and is simply a
press fit into a routed hole in the bottom plywood
disk."
I hope this makes the project go a bit more smoothly.
Best,
Adam
Pure Gold!
Thank you Adam!
Hi - I was just wondering, did you build one of these? I am not that technically minded, but would like to have a go, having done a weekend 'throwing large' course here in the uk, and realised my electric wheel isn't really what I need. Thanks - Andy.
I wonder if a bar stool could be pulled apart and replaced with wood to create an Onggi Pottery wheel. Just wondering.
Thanks for sharing your lovely wheel! It inspired me to try and invent an easier pottery wheel that uses no electricity. Just last month I discovered spinning wheels by accident. Now I'm designing a pottery wheel based on the Chakra Spinning Wheel - there's three wheels making it spin very quickly. The treadle design which helped me was the Lendrum pitman design.
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