This combined reprint of Volumes 1 and 2 from the 1892 edition of Practical Carriage Building. It covers in great depth, and with many illustrations, the materials and tools used.
This comprehensive guide covers a wide range of captivating topics related to the production and restoration of wheels and carriage components. Such as the intricate processes of assembly, framing, and construction, along with insights into axles, yokes, whiffletrees, patterns, and layouts.
Additionally, it explores various carriage models, including buggies, cabriolets, broughams, phaetons, rockaways, sleighs, and sleds, as well as express, delivery, and farm wagons.
This reference serves as a user-friendly and accessible resource for anyone interested in this early trade.
Specifications
- 288 Pages
- 2 Volumes In 1
- 5.50w X 8.50h X 1.16 d
- Softcover
Contents:
CHAPTER 1- PRACTICAL CARRIAGE BUILDING
- Quality and Character.- Hard and Soft Woods.- Seasoning; Sawing and Seasoning.- Convenient Tools. - Store Room. - Cleanliness. - A Well-appointed Carriage Shop. - Power vs. Hand Work. - Plan of a Wheelwright's Shop. - Large vs. Small Shops. - Advice to Small Carriage Makers. - Carriage Woodwork Tools. - Poorly made Tools. - The Saw; Its Uses and Management. - hand Wood Turning. - A handy Bench. - Wheelwright's Bench. - Horses or Bench for driving Spokes. - Appliances for Wheelwrights. - Spoke Tenoning and Boring Machine. - Tool for springing spokes. - Handy Tool for a Wheelwright. - Making a Spoke Tenoning Machine. - A Spoke driving Appliance. - Making a Wheel Bench.
CHAPTER 2- MAKING WHEELS- PRACTICAL HINTS ON REPAIRING
- Practical hints on Repairing Wheels.- Making Wheels. - About Wheeling. - Wagon Wheels. - To make a good Wheel. - Points on Wheel Making. - Wheel Making in Counry Shops. - Wheels for Farm Wagons. - Driving Wagon Spokes. - Dishing of Wheels. - Taking Dish out of Wheels. - Sawing Felloe Joints. - Straighening Felloes. - Spoking Old Hubs. - Repairing Wheels. - To tighten Boxes. -Removing Boxes. - Setting Boxes. - Making a Spoke Tenoning Machine. - Tool for springing Spokes. - Hub Borer. - Getting a plumb Spoke. - Adjustable Rim clamp. - Rimming Whels. - Do Mortises in an Unseasoned Hub Shrink or Enlarge? - Locust for Carriage Parts. - Wheels that are Dished Back. - Taking the Dish Out. Dished Wheels. - Shrinkage of Hub Mortises.
CHAPTER 3- CARRIAGE PART FOR SIDE BAR BUGGIES
- Mortises and Laps. - Carriage Parts. - Front Beds. - Shortening of Bent Beds. -Bevel on Express Shafts. - Seat Corners. - Laying off Corners. - Arrangements for a Bakery Wagon. - To make a wagon axle. - Putting in Axles.- Getting a plumb spoke. - Putting in wooden Axletrees. - Making a wagon run well.
