Richard Ferguson wrote:
I thought about this, and decided that this was actually pretty
difficult to do. 1/8 inch is pretty thick, and not easy to work with. I
usually work with material about 0.043 inches thick, much thinner, and I
could make these in my shop out of that material, but not easily. I
have a few thousand dollars of metalworking tools in my shop, and I
don't see a practical way for me to make these out of 1/8" plate, even
though I work with metal a lot. You said that you had little experience
with metalworking; take the advice of people that have that experience.

I suggest that you take Randy's advice to go to a fab shop and have them
make this for you. Any shop with heavy duty slip forming equipment
could do this quickly and efficiently, and inexpensively. Focus on the
wooden parts of the waterwheel, which I suspect you know how to make.

Richard


Maybe get a blacksmith to forge them?
Ken