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06-29-07, 10:24 PM
Turn it into a clock of course!
2 Cracked Spokes :
http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/2615/img1073vq4.jpg
http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/2715/img1074jq1.jpg
1 Hacksaw applied to the hub body and spokes:
http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/5052/img6488gt4.jpg
1 tube of 5-min epoxy used to glue the 4 cut spokes to the 4 good ones. Provides strength and rigidity.
http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/9941/img6487fy9.jpg
End Result:
http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/1685/img6486kv6.jpg
http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/4961/img6485qg8.jpg
The clock parts were about $20, and it took very little time to cut through the hub. Maybe 20 minutes. I filed the hub smooth and flush. Cut the spokes, and epoxied together which make the overall structure pretty strong (not that it needs to be). The cool part is I don't even need 3,6,9,12-hour markers since the Spinergys have 4 spokes ;). Installed the clock, and drilled a small hole in the rim at 12-o-clock for a nail hole. Going to hang it in my garage tomorrow.
Cheers.
-Jeff
2 Cracked Spokes :
http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/2615/img1073vq4.jpg
http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/2715/img1074jq1.jpg
1 Hacksaw applied to the hub body and spokes:
http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/5052/img6488gt4.jpg
1 tube of 5-min epoxy used to glue the 4 cut spokes to the 4 good ones. Provides strength and rigidity.
http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/9941/img6487fy9.jpg
End Result:
http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/1685/img6486kv6.jpg
http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/4961/img6485qg8.jpg
The clock parts were about $20, and it took very little time to cut through the hub. Maybe 20 minutes. I filed the hub smooth and flush. Cut the spokes, and epoxied together which make the overall structure pretty strong (not that it needs to be). The cool part is I don't even need 3,6,9,12-hour markers since the Spinergys have 4 spokes ;). Installed the clock, and drilled a small hole in the rim at 12-o-clock for a nail hole. Going to hang it in my garage tomorrow.
Cheers.
-Jeff