Uncover the foundational craftsmanship of 19th-century carriage construction with this faithful reprint of the 1892 classic Practical Carriage Building. Combining Volumes 1 and 2 into a single edition, this 288-page softcover offers a rich, technical, and historical perspective into the methods, materials, and models of traditional carriage making.
Whether you're a restoration professional, historian, or enthusiast of antique transportation, this resource delivers detailed guidance and over 100 illustrations covering frame construction, wheel building, yoke and axle work, and more.
Explore a wide range of vehicle types, including:
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Buggies, broughams, cabriolets, phaetons, and rockaways
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Sleighs, sleds, express wagons, farm wagons, and delivery vehicles
With in-depth information on tools, materials, and layouts, this manual is an invaluable reference for restoration, replica construction, and historical research.
Specifications
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Format: Softcover
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Pages: 288
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Dimensions: 5.5" W x 8.5" H x 1.16" D
- Illustrated with diagrams and technical drawings
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 Country Shops. - Wheels for Farm Wagons. - Driving Wagon Spokes. - Dishing of Wheels. - Taking Dish out of Wheels. - Sawing Felloe Joints. - Straightening 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 Wheels. - 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.
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