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bob gould	19/08/2013 10:05:32
75 forum posts 165 photos	Spoking the wheels. Unfinnished. Very frustrating job apparently for the sheer qty of rivets
JasonB	19/08/2013 13:29:51
25215 forum posts 3105 photos 1 articles	Looking good Bob but your builder has it easy, the next set of wheels I'm going to build will gave 14 rivits per strake not 4 and he did not have to twist separate strakes to the helix angle. Interesting that they used a snap head on teh outside of the strakes unlike traction engines which used CSK heads, I suppose they needed a bit of grip in all that mud. J
Ian S C	19/08/2013 14:25:59
7468 forum posts 230 photos	The snap heads will wear(full size gun) quicker than counter sunk, if they are to giove extra traction, they would be better if counter sunk with a raised head, just thinking 12" the foot. Ian S C
bob gould	19/08/2013 14:33:52
75 forum posts 165 photos	Yeah the would but i shall put rubber between each set of rivets. In real life they rivetted the plates round a solid rubber tyre i think. cheers bob
bob gould	20/08/2013 07:13:07
75 forum posts 165 photos	taking shape
Michael Gilligan	20/08/2013 08:15:41
23121 forum posts 1360 photos	Looking very good, Bob Congratulations to you and your Craftsman. MichaelG.
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