WheelWright

There’s a fella in our county that repairs a good many of the under carriages from the old cannons that are in all of the parks scattered across the country. He actually mostly makes a whole new carriage, including the wheels. I think his main customer is the National Park Service. It may be his only customer. From what I understand he’s made his living doing that for many years. I had heard from word of mouth that he was looking for a younger man to train and take over because he’s around 75 years old. There’s also a Lumberjock that restores horse buggies and carriages. He might know of one. He’s put up some of his restorations as projects. You might do a search and find him on Lumberjocks and send him a PM. I can’t recall his user name.

helluvawreck aka Charles
http://woodworkingexpo.wordpress.com/

-- If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away. Henry David Thoreau

I just did a search and this must be the Lumberjock I was thinking of.

http://lumberjocks.com/projects/33378

-- If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away. Henry David Thoreau

Thanks for the info and the quick reply! I’ll look into these 2 leads you gave me.
Dan (DMJ)

Not sure if this is of any help…..its not a school…but a great show on how to make a smaller wheelbarrow cart wheel with a lot of education and history on the craft. If you have not seen this already and enjoy the aspects of learning about wheelrighting this is a small start from Roy.
Also I am assuming you have the book Wheelright shop…..but if you don’t it is a must read!

http://www.pbs.org/woodwrightsshop/video/2600/2609.html

-- "Make something you love tomorrow...and do it slowly" JLB

I remember seeing this show awhile back. I’ll check the link out. I know of the Wheelwright’s Shop book, by George Sturt. But I haven’t read it yet… I’m looking to purchase it or check it out of our library if they have it. I appreciate your suggestions. Thanks!
Dan

jjw5858,
I just watched Roy Underhill make the wheelbarrow wheel on the link you sent me. This was very helpful. Thanks again.
Dan