Lock Wheels  4                                                3-2024

 

Working With Wood Continued

 

I was having a moment looking at my shop and I noticed that I was using every machine that I own for this project.
 

 

 

I'm cutting some pieces that will be used on the wheels to give back that tactile feel. Now these pieces will be five inches in diameter by 3/4" thick and will be attached to each 12" wheel. I'm calling these pieces the 'five inch rounds'. Here I'm cutting each piece slightly oversize.
 

 

 

Next I setup a nest to locate the back and one side while I drilled a 5/8" hole in the center. This setup worked great.
 

 

 

Next I made some tooling to put in four clearance holes into the five inch rounds. To use this fixture, I put that aluminum pin through the five inch round and into the fixture to locate it. 
 

 

 

Next I drilled four 3/16" holes 1 3/4" off center.
 

 

 

Once the holes were in I used that same aluminum pin to locate a template to draw a layout line.
 

 

 

Then I used a transfer punch to layout my four holes on the lock wheel.
 

 

 

Here is what it looks like after lightly hitting the transfer punch with a hammer. Now I can drill some pilot holes for my screws.
 

 

 

To make sure the five inch rounds are located in the center I used my aluminum pin once again and then tightened all the screws.
 

 

 

And there we go. Now it's time to use the bandsaw.
 

 

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