I've been thinking about this too, and this is what I've come up with so far (it's hard to put my visual thoughts to words, so hopefully I can get across the general perspective...)
- you'd need a rim, and a hub. I guess you use some from another kit, or build them from various rods
- I'd build a 'jig' with various nails or pins arranged in a circle about 6" in diameter. You'd need to space the pins out along the edge of the circle so they were equal distance and so that there was one pin for every 'spoke' you wanted. You'd also need a pin or nail directly in the center of the circle.
- then, I'd cut the 'rim' in half so there was a back half and a front half. I'd put the 'back half over the center of the circle jig and somehow fasten it in place.
- then I'd start wrapping the wire from the center pin out to the outside circumfrence (spelling?) pins in a pattern that would look like spokes (make sense?)
- after that, I'd take the 'front half' of the rim and attach/glue it to the back half (which should now be 'under' the wires) so it traps the wires between the two pieces of rim. You could put some glue or epoxy around the rim to hold everything in place.
- when the glue dries, just cut the excess wire and attach the 'hub' to the center of the wheel
I can foresee a couple of problems that I don't know how I would address:
- there likely would be alot of 'wire' accumulating at the center of the wheel. I'm not sure how you could limit this so it didn't build up too much
- I've never tried it, so I really have no idea whether or not it would work...
Maybe this will give you a few 'idea' and you can perfect a technique and write an article yourself for FSM...
M.