Garon Stutzman, on on the left, was gracious enough to provide the white oak blocks
for these wheels. Bobby Tanner's on the right. The hub blanks came off Garon's place on the
The hub blanks came off Garon's place on the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland.
Bobby tanner is a mule skinner, as they were called, from Bishop
from Bishop California who owns the 20 Mule Team hitch that will pull these wagons.
They both came here to the shop in Joliet to witness the last of the rough huh blanks to be turned
If you have watched the previous video showing how these were turned you
will recognize the procedures, so I'll not go into their detail of what is happening
They were both able to see firsthand all the steps were involved
and had an opportunity to
visit firsthand with Calvin as he went through the process again, once again, for the 18th time.
When the last of the 18 hubs are turned, it was decided to take the remaining 10 hubs to
Bishop to let him adjust to the desert climate.
So we loaded them into Bobby's pickup and t hey headed to California.
We weighed each hub so Bobby could monitor their weights as they dried.
Four of these hubs will be selected to become the hubs for
the water wagon wheels when that project begins.
As for the rest of them, who knows.
You can see that ten hubs make a full load.
The lumber in the foreground will be turned in to the spokes.
Once again thanks for watching!