This is my first attempt at making a full size wheel for my kiosk. After the success of the previous test run, I continued to attempt to make a wheel out of recycled HDPE plastic. My aim was to make a wheel with a radius of 20 cm.
 |
| First step is to wash all the plastic and remove labels. |
 |
| I have been collecting plastic for a while. This is what 500g of HDPE looks like. |
 |
| I then weighted the plastic to that it will be enough for the size and thickness of the wheel I need. |
 |
| I then put the plastic bit by bit into an oven at 180 degrees, hot enough to melt but not burn the plastic |
 |
I then put the motlen plastic blog on my tool and put the top on and pressed the MDF together.
|
I miss calculated the weight of the plastic so this is blob is too small for me to use.
