New Von Roll VR 101 Model Chula Vista California USA

[vonroll101]

Completed Tension track assembly. Made from 6061 T6 Aluminum. No Bollwheel ,counterweight.

[Petz]

Based at the precision and quality you are showing here the cable necessarily had to get a sign "Swiss Quality" besides the Von Roll factory logo cause you surely meet their high class perception...

[vonroll101]

Based at the precision and quality you are showing here the cable necessarily had to get a sign "Swiss Quality" besides the Von Roll factory logo cause you surely meet their high class perception...

Much love Markus.. thanks. The tollerance on everything is 1\2 mm . Up to .005 of a inch. The bigger part is building all of the Roller Batterys. Thanks again Markus..

[Petz]

The bigger part is building all of the roller batteries.

No doubt about that based at my own experiences...

[vonroll101]

I need to build 4 _12 sheave tower batterys and 2_ 8 Sheave tower batterys. Counterweight will weigh 18 lbs by the span between towers plus a large span between drive and tower 1 that is 7 feet tall.

[vonroll101]

With bullwheel..

[Hermelinchen]

How big is the diameter of the bullwheel?
(Wie groß ist der Durchmesser von der Umlenkscheibe?)

[vonroll101]

Boll wheel is 10 inch diameter.

[sunset]

How have you fabricated those metal components?

[vonroll101]

I have a machiene shop with lathe,mill,surface grinder, buffers. I'm a machienest by trade.

[TITLIS]

crazy how detailed your bullwheel is - well done!

[vonroll101]

crazy how detailed your bullwheel is - well done!

Thank you.. lots of blueprinting and calculating..

[Petz]

But the great results are talking for itselves...

[jojo2]

Wow the bullwheel looks absolutely great

[vonroll101]

Wow the bullwheel looks absolutely great

Thank you.. I have full access to 2 wonderful Von Roll VR 101s out here in San Diego California. The mechanics I know personally , they were kind enough at the San Diego Zoo to let me go in there before they opened and took some measurements of different things on the ride. Took all the measurements and broke them down to scale.. This ride is not really for a client. My girlfriend loves the classic Von Roll Skyrides so she asked me if I could build her one to her likings. Ill get a picture of her with the ride soon. The things people do for the one they love.. This is Kimmys Skyride.. thanks again everyone.. Robert San Diego

[vonroll101]

Gondola..

[vonroll101]

Tension superstructure

[vonroll101]

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[jojo2]

I´m interrested how do you bend the gondolas?

[vonroll101]

Gondolas are from a process called vaccume forming.

[vonroll101]

Update. Have Tension completed. Not painted yet. Drive DC motor controll and superstructure completed. Rollerbattery arms for 4,8 and 12 sheave completed.

[vonroll101]

Hello everyone... Still fabricating parts. Here is more. Let me know what you think everyone.. thank you..

[thomas74]

Hi,
this looks very nice, first of all the fantastic bullwheel. Everyone said this, but it still needs to be repeated one more time Great job. The VR101 station is not very different from the VR 102, i see.
Are you going to paint the construction? VR often had blue construction with yellow wheels.
Best regards, Thomas

[vonroll101]

Hi,
this looks very nice, first of all the fantastic bullwheel. Everyone said this, but it still needs to be repeated one more time Great job. The VR101 station is not very different from the VR 102, i see.
Are you going to paint the construction? VR often had blue construction with yellow wheels.
Best regards, Thomas

Yes.. everything will be painted. My girlfriend wants different colors than blue and yellow for her Von Roll. I rather keep it to the Von Roll colors but that is up to her. More pictures to come. Thanks everyone for the kind comments. Robert San Diego..

[vonroll101]

New 8 sheave Von Roll VR 101 towerbatterys