I’ve just thought of something!
If the wheels wooden, any and every stone is gonna get imbedded and/or leave a sizeable dent in the surface of me wheel! Solution: put a harder surface on the wood to protect it! the morgan car uses aluminium bent around the panels and tacked in place, i may copy this method, or attack some spare bikr tyres with a craft knife and staple/glue the rubber to my wheel!
Although, thats all in the future, i need to build the darn thing first!
Uncle Austin Wozzer
The pervious post was about building a monowheel, so is this post!
Basically, I think i’ve got the wheel sorted – laminates some plywood sections and join them – but the other half of this project revolves around a bike. Thus, does anyone out there have and old(ish) 24″ / 20″ wheel bike? It’ll go to a good home, inside a big wheel!
Also having this bike will help as it will let me get better measurements for the size of the wheel. i think at 6foot the wheel could house a bigger bike, but i’d rather keep the build small.
Comment or e-mail if you do so happen to have a bike you no longer wish to have!
Uncle Austin Wozzer
For a while I had the inspiration to try and make a monowheel for my Product Design A2 coursework.
Apart from most of the DT department mocking the idea to a patience level almost beyond me, I did work out that it would take too long and be too complicated to make at school. However, I am determined to make it anyway!
For those out there who don’t know what a monowheel is this is a picture of one! Basically, the rider is sitting in the wheel istead of the conventional on-top way. The one in the picture is engine powered, my monowheel will be pedal powered! Thus to fit rider plus room to pedal I plan to make the wheel to a diameter of 6 foot.
Which is the main problem. The “trolley” inside I plan to make by customizing an existing bike, putting running rails and rollers to keep it on the wheel. That shouldn’t be too hard. However, making a six foot free standing (no spokes) wheel is a massive challenge. There are several ideas floating around in my head, but none seem to brilliant at present.
I’ll keep posing to update you, the reader, to how this not so little project is comming along!
Uncle Austin Wozzer
