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NormanV:
A bit more progress. I have completed the flywheel. True to my stinginess I did not want to buy a casting so I fabricated it from what I had in the workshop. The rim is built up from six pieces of rusty 1/4" steel plate that I cut out roughly with my angle grinder. I held them together with araldite and six nuts and screws. It was a very rough shape and it took two days on the lathe to get it to shape and size.
The spokes, 6mm dia, were turned from 10mm dia steel which was tough stuff  and gave a poor finish so filing was the order of the day. The spokes are threaded into the hub.
I had a piece of steel tube the correct outside diameter but only 1/8" wall. I shrunk fit this onto the embryo flywheel. Then I mounted the whole assembly in the lathe and turned it to width and cut a rebate around the inside edges so that it runs true.
All I need to do now is to fill around the screw heads to tidy it up.
Overall I am very happy with it.

vtsteam:
Using what you have is the name of the game, Norman -- always my favorite reads. :coffee:

tom osselton:
Great job on the flywheel!

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