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How to build a cart wheel?


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On 06/11/2017 at 19:41, sime42 said:

 


You must be feeling really pleased with the results of all your hard work already. You should. To have been able to do all that from local timber is even better.
I'm impressed that you managed to find enough big enough elm. Also slightly surprised as I was expecting that you were going to say you'd used ash for parts of the structure. I always thought it was the wood of choice for coach building. Did you consciously decide not to, or did it just work out that way, you didn't need any?

 

Im delighted every time I see it! and local timber on your door step is a must have 

 

Thinking about it ash would have been a much stronger timber but I find ash splits badly when cut and worse when drying. All the good Ash stems I had were marked for the outer rim wood on the wheels so I automatically thought, 'What was the structural timber of choice for all the traditional buildings?' and headed for the closest available stand of slow grown pine on a hillside! 

 

Also to keep the wagon warm we used 75mm kingspan with airspace meaning there was plenty room for a heavy framework, the walls are 9 inches thick, the wagon weighs around six tons and at 27' long we're asking a lot from a timber chassis.:001_smile:

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4 hours ago, mickdundee said:

That is incredible. What an accomplishment to make something like that completely from scratch. What an amazing set of skills

Thanks. About five years ago I asked a good friend of mine who is a joiner how to build better with timber? (im not time trained) Andy said have a go, its just bits of wood - great advice!

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