Cast Iron Crank Wheel
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Doodling the other night while listening to a Zoom meeting I wasn't really into it but had to "be at". Based on a technical drawing from the late 1800s. Not as cool as Tuna's village but good practice especially for working with multiple curved surfaces.
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Very nice Dave.
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Primo Dave.... and don't soft sell yourself your mechanical bits are very cool
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Thank you both. I appreciate it.
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Nice!
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These 'mechanical bits' are very cool and very well done.
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Good start for an early farm implement.
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Could be Jim. At least if the wheel was smaller. The one I modeled is 32 in. in diameter and 6 in. thick. It would weight nearly 745 pounds not including the crank pin. Maybe that's more than the mower weighs.
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At that size and weight I would take a guess that it is the flywheel for an oil or maybe hot air engine? Nice technical execution as always!
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Probably from a steam engine.
Thank you.
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