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I have a small brass cannon I made in Junior High, Jezz that was damn near 50 yrs ago. Any way, I want to make a new carriage for it. More of a field piece than a ships gun. Any thoughts on how I would go about making a pair of wheels for it? I looked at L/V. Their stuff is pretty chunky. Not much luck on line either, and I'd prefer no two buy them.
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First cannon I've seen on LJ's. Have you thought of using slices off the end of a suitable diameter of dowel? Try holding a short length of the dowel in a vice, or clamp, and drill the hole for the axle before slicing.
I'd like to see the final product.
 

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spoked wheels: drill a piece of dowel for a hub,
drill with holesaw 10% less than desired wheel diameter hole in stock thickness of wheel,
discard center of last cut,
center hub in hole and glue in spokes
cut OD with larger holesaw.
axel and tongue could be drilled into existing mount or?
 

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Beautiful old piece, but you have to add wheels!
I built one about the same time, 50+ years ago, but mine has solid wheels and a crank to set the firing angle.
I wanted to add some canon balls but I could never find the size and color!
 

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I find when making small parts, the metal lathe works well, more precise, than other methods, hole saw just do a poor job. on wheels for me. Being that small I don't think spooked wheels would be advisable. but holes drilled would be feasible. I hope to try and build a spooked wheel someday.
 
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