[TheForge] Test

[Dann Johnson]

Dave,

I was reading the blacksmith book that would open for me in PDF, and got 
lost in thought, reading  the book "Making a wheel".  The spokes for the 
light English wheel look to me to be the same basic shape as  the tomahawk 
handles.

http://www.countryside.gov.uk/NewEnterprise/Economies/makingawheel.asp#

I have a horse ( mule) 4 wheel wooden wagon that the prior owner cut the 
rotted wooden wheels down and screwed bicycle rims onto the spokes.  That 
worked for a  year or two, but then he cut the spokes off shorter and 
drilled through  to  bolt on 4 of those donut  automotive  rims /spare 
tires.    A local craftsman builds and replaces wheels like this and has 
offered me what I think is a pretty good deal of about $100 per 
wheel.     Finding the extra $400 keeps getting pushed back  the 
restoration job, season by season.

Dann Johnson


At 07:04 AM 4/14/2004 -0500, you wrote:
>Been real quiet lately.  I checked the membership list and we still have 
>368 active(?) members.  Where is everyone?
>
>Dave Brown
>Heritage Smithing
>Green Bay, WI
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