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The wheel on the fifth bell started to fall to pieces.<\/strong>\nA rather rapid application of glue and MDF connecting strips has lasted for 5 years …
\nbut for how much longer?<\/p>\n
A wheel is a complex structure of oak spokes that is made in two semicircles, bolted together.\u00a0 They support a steamed ash “sole” that carries the rope which is held in the channel by elm “shrouds”.<\/p>\n
Rebuilding a wheel is a significant piece of precision joinery.<\/p>\n
The rope and wheel are what allow a ringer to control the bell as it swings through 3600\u00a0 <\/sup>at up to 30mph<\/strong><\/p>\n Return<\/strong> to the Renovation works page<\/a><\/p>\n When I first learned to ring a bell (some 62 years ago) one of the first things that happened was that the wheel of my bell collapsed. (They weren\u2019t great bells!). Building a new wheel The wheel on the fifth bell started to fall to pieces. A rather rapid application of glue and MDF connecting strips has lasted for 5 years … but for how much longer? A wheel is a … Continue reading
\nAs I had been introduced to the band to help as a woodworker, it was my task to rebuild the wheel.\u00a0 My first bell ringing task – and a significant lesson to a schoolboy joiner about the importance of absolute accuracy!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"