To create the initial circular shape of the wheel I used the cylinder shape. Using the grid I could easily decide on the size of the cylinder and line the edges up with the grid.
When I was happy with the size I used the box shape to create the initial cross plank through the middle.
I did this using the same technique as the cylinder.
To make sure each cross plank was the same I cloned the initial plank and rotated each one by a set degree so they were all exactly the same.
This gave me the basic shape of a ships wheel.
