Steel Plate Rolled And Welded To Make The Front And Back Steel Wheel Rims

These photos show the first stage of making the built-up steel wheels for the Little Samson Traction Engine – fabricating the steel rims.

General View Of The 6 Inch Scale Little Samson Traction Engine Steel Rims As Just Received From The Steel Fabricator

Post Published 28 September 2014

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More details are given in the photos below.

Photos Of The Back Wheel Rims For The Built-Up Wheel Version Of The Little Samson Traction Engine

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The back wheels are big as you can see from the photo of one of them resting against the rear wheel of our Toyota Vigo pickup. Each rim as shown weighs 32 kg.

Photos Of The Front Wheel Rims For The 6 Inch Scale Little Samson Traction Engine

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I am currently machining the hubs to which these wheels will be attached by the steel spokes.