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andyf:
Tough luck, Roy.

You should have taken the wheel to a local tyre depot and had it balanced before galloping so fast over the lawn  :lol:

Seriously though, maybe there wasn't enough cement covering the spokes, so it easily broke into eight pie slices. Perhaps you could try again, and mound the cement up a bit. It might also help if you could wrap wire (coat hangers?) in and out round the spokes to act as rebar.

Andy

Edit: Great minds think alike, Don.

Stilldrillin:
Roy.
So, it broke...... It was a blummin good first attempt though!   :clap:

Looking forward to MK11....... :thumbup:

David D

wheeltapper:

--- Quote from: andyf on April 01, 2011, 12:02:59 PM ---Tough luck, Roy.

You should have taken the wheel to a local tyre depot and had it balanced before galloping so fast over the lawn  :lol:

Seriously though, maybe there wasn't enough cement covering the spokes, so it easily broke into eight pie slices. Perhaps you could try again, and mound the cement up a bit. It might also help if you could wrap wire (coat hangers?) in and out round the spokes to act as rebar.

Andy

Edit: Great minds think alike, Don.


--- End quote ---

That's exactly what happened, too thin a layer above the fins, I ended up with a load of cheese triangles :bang:

I have discovered that my neighbour has a non working mower so I pinched a wheel from that to finish the garden but I will go back to it, I won't let it beat me.

Roy

Swarfing:
On the same theme as before try a bit of car body fibre glass resin mixed with sand (the dry type they use for brushing between block paving). This will set fine and hold well?

Baldrocker:
How about turning down a piece of  :bugeye: wood.
(oh has the man no shame)
bore out the bearing tube and Bobs yer uncle.
But dont forget to plant a replacement tree
cheers
BR

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