On 7/31/2010 1:32 PM, Joseph Gwinn wrote:
In , "J.
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.

That's another good idea, appeals to the small boy in me, and is cheaper
than an oxyacetylene rig. So should I go for the 500,000 BTU Red
Dragon, the 100,000, whatever Home Despot has, or the 12.99 Harbor
Freight jobbie?

Wish I'd thought about using one of those when I was trying to get my
muffler off a while back, but I'd have probably just set the Jeep on fire.