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    Today I made a measuring wheel. It's a very old tool used to measure curved surfaces that a regular rule can't. It's a quick project and can be made simply or 'dressed up'.


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    Hey thanks! A couple years ago I whittled this doodad from a piece of hard maple. It has served as a kind of soothing adult pacifier for me ever since. But I have often wondered what it really is. Now I know!
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    looks like a great pizza cutter
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    Quote Originally Posted by HonketyHank View Post
    Hey thanks! A couple years ago I whittled this doodad from a piece of hard maple. It has served as a kind of soothing adult pacifier for me ever since. But I have often wondered what it really is. Now I know!
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    That's really putting the cart before the horse! Looks really nice.

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    Default Re: Making a Measuring Wheel

    Or you could simply buy one of these - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Keenso-Outd...ag=googhydr-21

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    That's no fun.
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    I have one of these that I bought many years ago (earlier model) for work to compute stream distances from USGS topographical maps. It would work great for luthiery but I've only used it one time. They are obsolete in map work -- these days you just go to your computer and click on the link to your geographic information system.
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    This is the blacksmith version from antiquity. It is called a traveller. This one has one notch, and partial revolutions are marked with chalk. It is the practical alternative to string when measuring a carriage or wagon wheel for an iron tire. Practical since it works on hot iron without burning up! The tire is welded up from strap metal, a trifle small, then heated in a large fire to expand, and dropped onto the wood rim. When it shrinks down, the wheel, its felloes and spokes are permanently compressed into a tough, tight assembly. I’m not sure, but I believe smaller versions were used by other trades.

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