[Jewelry making - Article 01224] - Re: [Orchid] DIY drawbench - which winch to buy?

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    I posted a little while ago about making my own drawbench. Thank you
    for all the replies. I have not yet made the drawbench.... and now I
    have another thought about it. Just wanting to get some opinions on
    whether the idea I've had is entirely crazy or not. 

    I think I explained last time - I want to mount the timber beam that
    the drawbench is built on just below the top of my workbench on the
    inside of the two front legs. I just finished building the workbench
    last weekend and I built it to the right height for my polisher - now
    that it is standing there to see I can tell that the drawbench is
    going to be too low to comfortable draw wire for very long. It will
    be much too low. So, I've had a thought... 

    If I took the winch handle off and was able to modify a large boat
    steering wheel to slide on and off the shaft where the handle was
    attached (needs to come off so it doesn't get in the way while I'm
    using it) - if I got a wheel of a large enough diameter I could
    comfortably use it to draw the wire through from a standing position. 

    Are there any thoughts on this? Problems? 

    Thanks for whatever you can offer. 

RR Jackson

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