My wife and I support the annual "After Prom" to keep our daughters and their friends off the roads after the prom. It takes a lot of activites and prizes to keep 400 high school kids entertained from 11pm to 5am. So, among other things we built a "Wheel of Forture".
The design was quite simple, but effective. The wheel stands vertically like an arcade pin wheel and is made from a bicycle wheel with a plywood donut around it. The donut was cut out of a half sheet of 3/8" plywood. Then, the bike tire was deflated and re-inflated inside the donut.
The rest is just mounting the wheel on a frame with 2x4 posts front and back on a base that goes out 2 feet to each side and 2 feet back for stability. The challenging part is experimenting with different materials to find a clicker that will stop the wheel in 1-2 turns. We ended up using the lids from 2 Swiss Mocca cans (about 1.5 x 3 inches) with the edges trimmed off.
Our wheel has been used for a different game every year since it was first built. Just repaint the face and it's a roulette wheel or a pin wheel for prizes....anything your want.
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