wheel advice
 

hello,
I'm thinking of buying a shimpo RK10 with remote pedal. Can anyone
fill me in with pro's or cons of this machine?
How is it from stationary to very slow speeds?
Does the fact that the pedal is remote, change in any way the
performance?
what is the drive system?
it says in the brochure that you can throw up to 15-18 kg, is this
realistic?
Many thanks in advance for any advice anyone has for me.
Best wishes, alistair.

the remote pedal is nice - compared to the regular shimpos with the pedal stuck
on the side of the wheel. if/when you start throwing larger stuff it's nice to
stand up and throw from other positions. that pedal stick on the regular
shimpos just doesn't always work right when throwing taller stuff. i find the
foot faster for speed adjustments.

shimpos in general are good wheels. the weights they refer to are useful from
a comparison point of view ~ much like car gas mileage.

the only "con" i can see with a shimpo is it isn't a Brent.

see ya

steve






Subject: wheel advice
From: (alistair)
Date: 9/5/2004 12:52 PM Pacific Daylight Time
Message-id:

hello,
I'm thinking of buying a shimpo RK10 with remote pedal. Can anyone
fill me in with pro's or cons of this machine?
How is it from stationary to very slow speeds?
Does the fact that the pedal is remote, change in any way the
performance?
what is the drive system?
it says in the brochure that you can throw up to 15-18 kg, is this
realistic?
Many thanks in advance for any advice anyone has for me.
Best wishes, alistair.








steve graber

I would look at how the motor is mounted underneath. I bought a Shimpo V35
I think. The motor wasn't attached to a crossbrace and I found that at a
certain speed the motor would start to shudder. I'm not sure about the
model you're referring to. I do know I returned the Shimpo for a Pacifica
400 and I love every minute I spend at it.
Simon
"alistair" wrote in message
om...
hello,
I'm thinking of buying a shimpo RK10 with remote pedal. Can anyone
fill me in with pro's or cons of this machine?
How is it from stationary to very slow speeds?
Does the fact that the pedal is remote, change in any way the
performance?
what is the drive system?
it says in the brochure that you can throw up to 15-18 kg, is this
realistic?
Many thanks in advance for any advice anyone has for me.
Best wishes, alistair.

I also have a Shimpo Rk...something. It has the fixed pedal with bar
on the side. The RK stands for ring/cone which is the drive
mechanism, not a belt. It provides a lot of torque at low speeds and
has very smooth and gradual incrementing of speed.
A few disadvantages are that the wheel head tends to continue moving
slightly with the motor running and also that it is rather heavy at
around 100 pounds...so you don't move it around much.
I think it is a very good wheel, definitely well made.

(alistair) wrote in message . com...
hello,
I'm thinking of buying a shimpo RK10 with remote pedal. Can anyone
fill me in with pro's or cons of this machine?
How is it from stationary to very slow speeds?
Does the fact that the pedal is remote, change in any way the
performance?
what is the drive system?
it says in the brochure that you can throw up to 15-18 kg, is this
realistic?
Many thanks in advance for any advice anyone has for me.
Best wishes, alistair.

I got a Shimpo Whisper and I really like it. It has some definite advantages.
But, mostly it seems to be a solid machine that will last long (hopefully
through many pots).

Brad Panek wrote:
I also have a Shimpo Rk...something. It has the fixed pedal with bar
on the side. The RK stands for ring/cone which is the drive
mechanism, not a belt. It provides a lot of torque at low speeds and
has very smooth and gradual incrementing of speed.
A few disadvantages are that the wheel head tends to continue moving
slightly with the motor running

Mine does that too, you can adjust that, but now it turns clockwise
slowly when it is supposed to stand still. It stops doing that though
after a while, when it gets warm.

Monika

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www.schleidt.org/mskeramik
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I have the Shimpo RK Whisper and the only thing I can fault it on is that it
so quiet that I can't tell if I have turned if off and too often leave the
switch on. Really nice machine. I like having the handle better than the
foot pedal because I can get finer control with it than I can with a pedal
and it is completely out of the way if I want to throw a large plate (been a
while since I have done that though)..


"Brad Panek" wrote in message
om...
I also have a Shimpo Rk...something. It has the fixed pedal with bar
on the side. The RK stands for ring/cone which is the drive
mechanism, not a belt. It provides a lot of torque at low speeds and
has very smooth and gradual incrementing of speed.
A few disadvantages are that the wheel head tends to continue moving
slightly with the motor running and also that it is rather heavy at
around 100 pounds...so you don't move it around much.
I think it is a very good wheel, definitely well made.

(alistair) wrote in message
. com...
hello,
I'm thinking of buying a shimpo RK10 with remote pedal. Can anyone
fill me in with pro's or cons of this machine?
How is it from stationary to very slow speeds?
Does the fact that the pedal is remote, change in any way the
performance?
what is the drive system?
it says in the brochure that you can throw up to 15-18 kg, is this
realistic?
Many thanks in advance for any advice anyone has for me.
Best wishes, alistair.

thanks for all your advice. I've bought the wheel and am very happy with it.

alistair.