Planning to build a yurt in Czech Republic

[Knecht]

The color is more rusty/orange in daylight and after drying. We may do another coat of staining yet if we have enough time.
Today I worked on the ring. All clamps removed and the roughly-cut wooden sandwich brought to shape.

Here's the starting point. Those thick planks I used are at least 30 years old, so I hope they won't crack or twist anymore. They also got dirty over the years, when serving as a workshop shelf. I sanded and cleaned the glued surfaces before joining them, now for the outer ones. You can also see I left generous reserves on material at the edges. It all had to go now.


Trimming the outer edge with my trusty axe.


And now for some sanding.


First sanding session done. Flats and outer edge are +/- straight. The inner edge needed some saw attention yet.


Inner edge cut and ready for tomorrow's sanding and final shaping. Filling the imperfections with epoxy.


Have to say, making wheels is surely not easy! Been the first time I tried making something like that, as you can likely see. But everything feels solid and after I add some wood screws, I believe it will hold securely.