[Bell Historians] Half and three-quarters wheels

[Matthew Higby matthewhigby@aol.com [bellhistorians]]

There is a 3 at Weston Bamfylde in Somerset that have half wheels, together with stays and sliders.

Matthew

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> On 29 Jan 2019, at 22:06, Richard Offen richard.offen at iinet.net.au [bellhistorians] <bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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>> On 30 Jan 2019, at 3:25 am, Richard Smith richard at ex-parrot.com [bellhistorians] <bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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>> 'Chris Pickford' c.j.pickford.t21 at btinternet.com [bellhistorians] wrote:
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>> > The best illustration I know of is in Lukis – a “half” wheel formerly at
>> > Dunchideok, Devon
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>> Thanks. I guessing from your use of quotation marks that 
>> you wouldn't describe that as a half wheel. My 
>> understanding is that this is a three-quarters wheel, and 
>> that half wheels don't extend under the bell. For this to 
>> be a half wheel, I would expect the section of wheel between 
>> the two bottom spokes to be missing. Or have I 
>> misunderstood?
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>> RAS
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> The three at Donington, Shropshire have half-wheels, but they’re not quite what you are looking for as they were made of steel in 1939 by G&J.
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