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Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: Reg on August 02, 2002, 09:26:15 pm
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Hi,
Later I was helping my girlfriend to clean
our garage and I have found a old bicycle wheel...
The wheel was unusable but the core where the bearings
are, seem to be fine...
So I cut the rod to isolate the core of the
wheel... the only problem is a wheel that go usually
at the back of a bicyle and the part that have a lot of
spike gave me some hard time...
What do you think of this idea to recyle a old bicyle wheel to make a spinner?
thanks
Reg
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No offense, but I don't think it's a very good idea. I mean, why go through all the trouble, and then just to end up with a hacked up peice of junk on your control panel? What kind of spinner knob would you find to fit a bicycle axle? If all you are after is the bearing, just find a more suitable one at a hardware store.
I would just think that your money and time would be better spent elsewhere, that's all.
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you know...rollerblade wheel bearings could be a more viable option for ya.
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bicycle bearings are meant to work with the shaft horizontal. The one's i've had get hard to turn when you tighten them up enough to eliminate axial play.
Bob
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For making a spinner, you put the hacked part UNDER the control panel.
So if you can get it to work, it should look great!...
But I think the roller blade might actually work better. Why?
easier to screw into the cabinet and smaller.
Also, you could take a second wheel and use it as the weight (after you stopped it from rotating that is.