Wheel Goes Round And Round! Making The Hubs And Spokes Of The Giant Momentum Wheel.. 

Magnificent. Once the wheel is complete, don't forget to balance it.

Looks perfect! If that wheel get loose from the shaft, i think it will roll to my workshop in Sweden! :-)

Totally worth the wait since the last video, this is one very awesome project

The energy in the reciprocating mass, once that thing gets moving, is going to be awesome!

thats great....the taper lock and sprocket....might be just what i need to fix our waterwheel..

Nice. I'd suggest making the grinder be effectively separate so this is reusable as a flywheel for many devices.

Awesome work as always Tim! I can't imagine from where you conjure up all your inspiration and energy but I admire both tremendously!

Absolutely brilliant, as always Tim. That plasma cutter of yours is really putting in work and helping you make some awesome stuff. I'm always impressed with your plans and jig. Everything is simple and clear. Very cool.

FANTASTIC !!!!!!!!!! You never fail to impress us with your design ideas, strong work sir

Your giant wheel is coming right along. Can't wait to it finished and in operation.

You sure don't do anything by halves that's for sure. I envy your engineering skills. The wheel looks like it will be very powerful with enough water flow. Look forward to seeing it running and driving a load.

We’re going to have to start calling you Brunel with all this girder work. Looks like one of his bridges or Eiffel Tower!

Nice Work, the further outside the mass of the wheel, the greater the momentum of the wheel. Greetings from Germany

Lovely to come home to another edition.

I'm impressed can't wait to see how it works. Good job,best of luck.......cheers from an old guy from Canada.

That'll be a beast of a momentum wheel. I'm eagerly waiting to see it work. Weekend Stuff

That is a thing a beauty. You are an inspiration to us all.

Thoroughly look forward to seeing your new videos pop up.

Wheel spokes supporting a sturdy circle frame experience tension loads. It might be a good idea to use one pin, to secure to the hub. This will eliminate bending stresses and could make a stronger product.

Got to get yourself an ugga-dugga! I wish I could send you one. Great work as ever. 👍

That plasma cutter seemed to make cutting those pieces relatively easy. I agree that when you get that going it will be really scary.

When you first got that old engine, it rattled and jumped and moved so much it was scary! This wheel looks like it'll be nice and sturdy and non-wobbly. Still don't want to get my fingers caught!

I check RU-vid every day hoping for a new video, I'm so impatient. Keep up the fantastic work!

Looking good, I'm awaiting the next part. Thanks for sharing your hard work and creativity with us.

'Scary' seems to be a design feature! :)

Impressive. If it doesn't work out? You can always turn it into a Ferris wheel for puppies/kittens/hamsters/Guinea pigs/lonely rocks. ☮

That looks great! Can't wait for the next episode.

Wow! Very impressive and exciting.

Tim is the true IronMan.

looks like it should be used on a waterwheel, Very nice design tim. Great job as always 👍

That is a lot scary. Looks like that could rip an arm right off. But awesome also. Great work. I'm looking forward to the next video. 👍

We so love you Tim love your videos your a genius at what you do we will watch on later when we get sat down in these Winter nights.GodBless and Good luck hope your feeling better and Sandra tell her we’re asking after her.🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀☘️☘️☘️☘️☮️☮️☮️☮️🏆🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

I love this new death machine build!

Your videos are too good ❤️❤️❤️

You are amazing with that plasma cutter, if we ever have an apocalypse I want to be on your team 😆

I think that the reason that you are having trouble with your plasma cutter is due to moisture in your compressed air tank and lines. You need to use a filter and dryer between the air supply and your plasma cutter. A lot of filters use a sort of disposable toilet paper roll sized filter but I suspect that will not cope with your very moist air. Some other form of air dryer will be required. Mark from Melbourne Australia

When you get this working make certain that its in an orientation where if a part does fly off, it flies off into the distance away from the user A fantastic job so far!

Brilliant!

Love it... I'm voting for a lot scary, but totally awesome

Good Evening Sir, Your plasma cutter table is OUTSTANDING 👍😇👌Keep up your Genius videos Sir Cheers 🍻🍻

Have you got a creek on your property, that looks like a pelton wheel you could use to generate power for self sufficiency.

Well done.

What a nice wheel!

Also, when getting to the outside ring, the more mass you add further from the spin axle, the more inertia your flywheel will have, just keep that in mind when choosing material for the outer ring :)

I learned something new... I didn't realise plasma cutters were picky about the weather. I am collecting bits to start a CNC plasma table, but mine will have to live outside. Under cover, but it will get the full impact of the moisture content of the air.

probably the biggest wheel i've seen

If your engine is underpowered for the job or just takes some time for the wheel to get up to speed, you could get a starter motor to jumpstart the giant wheel.

that's a pretty big battery you're building!!!

What an endeavour! Looking forward to seeing the next installment!

The plasma cutter has paid for itself over and over again.

Juhuu, he is at it again! :) I follow your philosophy and saved money by watching this on free Internet! ;)

Big wheel keep on turnin' Proud Mary keep on burnin' Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river

good job can not wait until the next episode

nothing like a good gusset

Looking good Tim!

Looks great Tim. Love your enthusiasm and thought processes.

Deffinately going to want a safety break on that thing.

Thanks Tim It looks like a grand project. All the best and keep it up.

Kudos on the fabrication job well done all those holes, bending, design. Have you seen Alex Sharphouse build his Fowler Road Engine Talisman. The real wheel assembly is amazing. Large wheel reminds me of the British Army "Field Punishment No. 1" where poor Tommys were tied to a large gun wheel for the day.

Fascinating work, every video is entertaining. All the best of health to Sandra.

You should add a ring of steel around the out side of the bolts for the sprocket because the bolts only holding on half the side will bend outwards and the teeth of the sprocket with bend and brake off

Tim that is both wonderful and terrifying! If it was only a Ferris wheel for the rabbits I’d say it was overbuilt, but…

saw a trick with a smaller plasma cutter but you could probably copy it with just tarps... you know those pop up tents that everyone uses for outdoor stalls where its a roof on 4 posts, add to that some taped up tarps to make the walls, and for a door you just hang up some smaller tarps overlapping. then toss a dehumidifier in the corner and let it go for a bit before you cut. if you want to be fancy... Take a dehumidifier and tape some flex tube to the output side, run the tube under a wall tarp, and now you have a fancy positive pressure dry room for cheap, just make sure the thing is fairly sealed (but not totally) and it should work the airflow should stop fumes from getting too bad. if the fumes do build up then just open a side and give it a min.

Cool I love watching your videos

Excellent. I like seeing your progress.

Its totally impractical, but using some big honking rivets instead of bolts would look skookum.

This is so cool! Reminds me of the giant flywheel we have sitting in the town park. It’s from an old silk mill which burned down!

It’s alive!!

If you had flowing water with those hubs you could make a water wheel

Living the dream Tim! You are an inspiration! :)

Some kind of diagonal struts between spokes would give more rigidity, wouldn't they?

I've been thinking about the grinding part... what if, instead of two gear-like wheels crushing, you made a top wheel like a gear of some sorts and a chain-link like belt or wheel on the lower end? Crush from above with closed teeth and from below with open, interspaced steel bars. Could even make a straight ladder-like lower part, acting in a back and forth motion, but better would obviously be a circular contraption. Anyway the idea is that the teeth of the upper wheel press through the slots between the tines of the lower part, thus keeping them clean. Like, the bars should be something like 10mm thick and 15mm apart or something like that, or perhaps that too coarse for your purposes?

Good job Tim! :) This build is coming along nicely. The only potential weak point that I see so far might be those bolts in between the sprocket teeth. If they're not hardened bolts, they may way to shear off under a heavy load. Of course, it's also possible that the teeth of the sprockets may want to shear off. I guess we will find out when it is up and running :)

Very solid!

very nice, cant wait to see more!

Always really nice to see a new video from you!

Thanks Tim

A real suck it and see project. As the square wheel test has clearly been done and failed!!, it will be plain sailing from now on. Entertaining as ever. God bless from the UK

That is one bid wheel .

Had to google the meaning of fallows, had visions of fellows, lol. Looks impressive anyway bro. Safe travels

Might suggest you re-weld those slots in the spokes. Having a flat bar weakness in any aspect of this is ripe for twisting.

Looks likes your building a paddle steamer lol

Very nice.

Thats one great looking ARM REMOVER 2000 you are making there......lol. Love it

Simplest method would be using a rectangular slot between the disk and the axle. One of the best and strongest way of doing the job.

Being the observant sod I am, at the beginning, I thought, he needs a block n tackle with a magnet and some weed killer.

Be careful. myth busters did a similar thing. Be sure to brace / watch out for gyroscopic precession.

consider bigger bearing or a backup larger bearing for failure states.

I think a lot scary...exciting

I like it!

Have you considered balancing it? I once had a fist sized lump of mud stuck inside my wheel on my landy and the amount of wobble it caused made me think I had broken something. With a wheel that size any imbalance would surely be magnified?

So next is the little cars for small people to ride in.

Your awesome drawings just scream out Inkscape!! to me :) Am I right? I love Inkscape, use it for all my 2D CAD

Now That is a Wheel! Dependant on how fast you spin the beast you may well have to allow for the centrifugal forces. Eather way I am learning stuff each time you post. I mean who would have thought a bit of the soggy stuff would stop your plasma cutter?

Do you have any plans for those leftover cutouts? Could maybe be used to add mass to the outer ring.

My two cents. Put in grease zerks. Would a cut up car tire be better than wood? Being a U shape I hope your health has recovered.

Hope you are both feeling better. What will you name your wheel?

So Tim's motorcycle is now missing it's rear sprocket.

apart from the work hours whats stopping you from just cutting threads in the gussets? Could save a few nuts and washers for other things

Impressive and terrifying. 😭