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If you can make the computer models for the wheels, you can hire a 3-D printer service. They are found online. Be sure to tell them the diameter of the wheels so they come out right.yes 3D printing would solve the problem but i do not have a 3D printer.
anyhow the Tecumseth had 2 carronades on deck but historical records state the carronades were set up to fire OVER the railing and not like this which was the typical way they were mounted.
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here are 2 examples of carronades on a carriage. notice the wheels same type found on cannons at fort Amherstburg
The question is were these iron wheels used on board a ship or were they strictly used in forts? i might go with the typical wood because i can not find an example of theses iron wheels on a ship.
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As I learntstill trying to figure out to either use the iron style or the typical wood type
If wear is such a large factor, how to do explain the skids used on the culverins on HMS Sovereign of the Seas? Perhaps the use of iron wheels is for durability or reduction in maintenance? Perhaps size was a factor. I haven't heard any reason why iron wheels replaced wooden or iron shod wooden wheels.As I learnt
One wooden decks, they never used iron wheels or ironplated wheels (for the movement forward and backwards (not sidewards like your carronade)
On wooden decks every time wooden wheels, so no damage of the planking
For me, only based now my personal brainstorming, it was maybe also caused by the fact,If wear is such a large factor, how to do explain the skids used on the culverins on HMS Sovereign of the Seas? Perhaps the use of iron wheels is for durability or reduction in maintenance? Perhaps size was a factor. I haven't heard any reason why iron wheels replaced wooden or iron shod wooden wheels.
Should you decide to use iron, and need a 3D model, I'd be happy to make one for you, which you could then farm out to a 3D part maker.still trying to figure out to either use the iron style or the typical wood type
Are you requesting a 3D drawing of the wheel for making a 3D part? If so, is this really the wheel you would want? Does it match your ship's gun wheels? Most lightening holes are not round, and the web seems to thick on this one, when compared to the above photos. And it's best to specify the actual wheel diameter (which I usually draw the model to) and scale (which determines the made size of the model).if i went with an iron wheel it would like this with a scale 1/2 inch diameter
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Can you nail those pictures to a date or maybe a continent?