Restoring an old RK8 . The drive wheel rubber had been chewed up by the motor cone. I can’t work out why because the rubber itself is still in very good condition. Through an unbelievable stroke of luck I happened to have 6 spare drive rings for these wheels. They were given to me in 1998 when I bought an old kiln and pottery gear but the owner had no idea what they were from, only that they were for a wheel I tried a couple of times to give them away but in the end they sat in my studio through 4 house moves and countless clean ups. When I saw a post on Reddit about substitute rings and something clicked. I dug through some of the junk in the back of my studio ( I’m a bit of a hoarder as you might of guessed) pulled them out and replaced the worn out one. At first I put it in upside down and couldn’t get it to work. Perhaps this might have been the reason why the original one was worn out, someone prior to me obtaining it had replaced the ring but installed it upside down and just ground away at it. Anyway they are a nice little wheel with the same motor as an RK2. This one hasn’t been used much. Of the 6 spare drive rings I am keeping 4 of them for future use and will on-sell 2 of them. Contact me if you are interested. It’s such a great buzz to finally work out what those 6 rubber rings in my studio were for, never would have guessed.

Got it all back together again often vacuuming out the rubber dust and replacing drive wheel rubber. Initial hiccup was putting the rubber ring in upside down but now it’s purring.