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/9a245f81-2eb8-45f9-8823-4579f9639aean%40googlegroups.com.
