Never had the opportunity to build one before, so we jumped at it.
After looking at two from a nautical antique collection we designed an improved version.
The ones we looked at were light weight with toy looking spokes.
So the new wheel is made of 8 quarter cherry. Super chunk.
Charlie at Industrial Machine Sales had an awesome lathe part the we are using as a hub.
It's tool steel not bronze, but this thing is going to be hanging on a wall in Missouri.
I did that once.
