[TheForge] Shrink fitting steel to wood

[Dan Scheid]

ive seen 1 video of banding a wheel so I'm no expert but they had the band
to size used a fire pit to get a even head got it up to somewhere around 400
F dropped it over the wood wheel hitting it with a wood mallet then quickly
cooling with water so it does not burn the wood . no grease was used
Dan Scheid
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> Im working on some canons for a customer and want to shrink fit steel
bands
> to the ends of the axles, these will be around 4" dia or 100mm, if I can
get
> 100mm id steel pipe that is 6mm or 1/4" wall what would be a good tight
fit
> to turn the axles to so when the bands are applied and shrunk they never
> come off? Should I use any type of grease under these bands when applying?
> the customer seems to think so but I didnt think it was a good idea.
>
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