First test of Human-sized Hamster Wheel

(Hand)work in progress: day 4

Today I finished the wheel and it work…ed. Unfortunately, the bolts on which I sticked the skateboard wheels resulted too weak as soon as I tried it a few times and they started to bend slightly, impeding any further rotation of the wheel. For this reason I decided to replace these bolts M8 with a threaded rod M10 which would…
Cutting the pipes - Building the Human-sized Hamster Wheel

(Hand)work in progress: day 2

On Friday I built the base of the wheel. It took me the whole day, but in the, just 10 minutes before the 3D workshop closing time I screwed in the last bolt which completed the base. The most difficult part has been surely cutting the aluminum pipes precisely and of the right measure, which by the way still has…
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