At the moment I am banding the hubs, for two 57" diameter, 190 lb wheels, for a Civil War era Traveling Forge. So far I put four of the eight hub bands on this weekend and roughed out four more hub bands today. There are four iron bands on each wooden-wheel hub, for a 1860s Civil War era Number 1 wheel. I have been building the Traveling Forge since fall of 2006. I will try to finish and install two of the hub bands tomorrow.
Joseph (CivilWarBlacksmith/Reb) you can always park your Traveling Forge in our garage next to the road.
