We have taken back the second Peerless wheel today after some repairs. A few of the spokes and felloes needed replacing. Our local wheelwrights were quite excited about the prospect of taking this on and they have done a super job. The steel band had been cut to get the wheel apart, to get it back on they welded it together, put it into a fire to expand it then drop it over the top of the wheel and tap it down.
The whole process is shown on this clip: