Both my wheels are MDF, banded though.
As Arle said: super stable!
Pieter
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
Of Arle Lommel
Sent: 17 September 2008 23:11
To: hg@hurdygurdy.com
Subject: Re: [HG] synthetic Wheels?
Hi Jim,
Good day all!
Hello from the Over the Water festival.
We do use a synthetic wheel in most of our instruments. We have been through
a couple of formulations but, we are very pleased with the current results and
we have been using this formula for a couple of years now. It is no longer
necessary
Hi Cali,
I use MDF for lots of jigs and things in the workshop, but it
wouldn't be my first choice for a wheel material, but that is just
my taste,
your mileage may vary. And I know that they do use MDF for many
different
types of furniture but, if I put a drop of water on a piece of MDF
Dear Arle,
I think by the time I had faced, banded, etc. that I would prefer to use a
voidless baltic birch ply with a band which is also very stable and I would
save a step by not having to face the wheel. This is what we have done in the
past and it works well.
We are all looking for a good
