Bandsaw Build Diary - Part 4

I'm building a bandsaw from Matthias Wandell's 16 inch bandsaw plans (www.woodgears...., and I've reached the stage where I'm building the wheels. Part 5 - trueing and crowning - will follow in a few days.
This isn't a how-to video; you need Matthias' channel and website for that. This is a diary of how I approached the build, the challenges that came up, and the places and reasons where I decided to do something in a different way.
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