In article , "J. Clarke"
wrote:

On 7/31/2010 12:21 PM, Joseph Gwinn wrote:
In ,
Tim wrote:

On 07/31/2010 08:26 AM, RicodJour wrote:
On Jul 31, 10:24 am, "J. wrote:
On 7/31/2010 9:44 AM, Joseph Gwinn wrote:



In ,
"J. wrote:

Working on a decorative wagon wheel in wood, but I'd really like to
put
a metal tire on it. Now, that's no trick if it's just for looks--make
a
steel ring that's close enough to the dimension that a little epoxy
under it will hold it, but the devil in me wants to do a proper job
and
shrink the thing.

Trouble is that this is a no-burn area so I can't just light a fire in
the back yard and heat the tire.

So, any ideas on how to go about this? The wheel is 2 feet in
diameter,
making the tire too big to fit in a barbecue or the like. If I was
making a bunch of 'em I'd be tempted to just build a charcoal pit big
enough and call it a barbie, but that's a lot of work for one wheel.

And yeah, I know I can find a blacksmith, but I'm more interested in
the
making than in having a wheel.

A charcoal fire will do the trick, and most jurisdictions allow grills.
It's
the smoke they object to.

How big is the tire?

sigh Count up four paragraphs.

I counted up four paragraphs and it said some thing about finding a
blacksmith, but nothing about the size of the wheel.

How big is the wheel? {ducking}

"The wheel is 2 feet in diameter, making the tire too big to fit in a
barbecue or the like."

The diameter (2') is only one of the three needed numbers. What is
thickness
and width?

An inch wide, 3/16 thick.

Ahh. That's reasonably substantial. Thinner would be herder to keep hot using
a torch. I bet a propane weedburner would do the job, especially if the heat
were confined with some firebricks.

Joe Gwinn