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Wheelbarrow: a Small Wooden Barrow (Cassell's, 1900)
Paul N. Hasluck (ed.) · Public domain (published 1900)
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Wheelbarrow: a Small Wooden Barrow (Cassell's, 1900)

A small wooden wheelbarrow: ash hales (handles) framed with oak cross-pieces, splayed legs, a red-deal bottom and sides with a curved front board bound in hoop iron, and a 1 ft wheel of eight oak spokes and four ash felloes on an ash or oak axle. Painted red inside and light green outside, lined in a lighter colour and black. Source: P. N. Hasluck, Cassell's Cyclopaedia of Mechanics (1900), p. 176. Picture: the book's Figs. 1-2.
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Instructions

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Make the hales

Cut the two ash hales 3 ft 1 in long, 1 5/8 in deep by 1 1/2 in thick, the handles rising 3 3/4 in above the underside. Leave no more than 5/8 in on the faces of the hale tops; dress out 3/8 in on the face and 1/4 in underneath.

Materials for this step:

Ash BoardAsh Board1 hales 3 ft 1 in x 1 5/8 x 1 1/2 in

Tools needed:

Hand SawHand Saw
Hand PlaneHand Plane
SpokeshaveSpokeshave
2

Frame with oak cross-pieces

Make the cross-pieces of oak, edges dressed off underneath. Let the hind piece's tenons, gauged 1/2 in thick, come through the hales 1 1/4 in to support the legs (Fig. 2). Pin the hales and cross-pieces tight with 3/16 in wood pins.

Materials for this step:

White Oak BoardWhite Oak Board1 piece
Wooden DowelWooden Dowel1 3/16 in pins

Tools needed:

Tenon SawTenon Saw
Mortise ChiselMortise Chisel
Marking GaugeMarking Gauge
Brace and BitBrace and Bit
Bevel GaugeBevel Gauge
3

Fit the legs and stays

Put on legs 1 1/2 in square, splayed at the top, standing 1 ft below the hales to suit a 1 ft wheel, with no more than a 1/4 in shoulder. Fasten legs to hales with 3 in bolts, heads outside. Fit four stays: two under the hales and two under the hind cross-pieces.

Materials for this step:

White Oak BoardWhite Oak Board1 legs 1 1/2 in square, stays
Carriage BoltCarriage Bolt4 3 in

Tools needed:

Hand SawHand Saw
Brace and BitBrace and Bit
Screwdriver SetScrewdriver Set
4

Bottom and sides

Put in the bottom board of 1/2 in red deal, overhanging the front cross-piece 5/8 in; paint all joints. Fit the sides to the hales, the front leaning up to 3 3/4 in beyond square; sides 9 in deep by 5/8 in thick, reduced to 8 1/4 in at the hind ends, front ends edged. Run a 3/16 in or 1/4 in bead on the edge.

Materials for this step:

Pine BoardPine Board1 1/2 in bottom, 5/8 in sides
Oil PaintOil Paint1 piece

Tools needed:

Hand SawHand Saw
Hand PlaneHand Plane
Paintbrush SetPaintbrush Set
5

Front board and ironwork

Fit the front board, of 3/4 in red deal or elm, on top of the hales and bottom board, rising in a curve 1 1/4 in above the sides. Paint the joints and nail the sides to it with 1 1/2 in cut nails; screw on the 7/8 in hoop iron with 3/4 in round-headed screws.

Materials for this step:

Pine BoardPine Board1 3/4 in front board
Iron NailsIron Nails1 1 1/2 in cut nails
Mild Steel Flat BarMild Steel Flat Bar1 7/8 in hoop iron
Wood ScrewsWood Screws1 3/4 in round-headed
Oil PaintOil Paint1 piece

Tools needed:

Hand SawHand Saw
HammerHammer
Screwdriver SetScrewdriver Set
Paintbrush SetPaintbrush Set
6

Make the wheel

Turn an ash or oak axle 8 1/4 in long by 2 1/2 in, its ends turned down to 1 1/2 in for ferrules 1 in long; drive 3/8 in round pins into the ends to stand out 1 in. Fit eight oak spokes 3/4 in by 1/2 in and four ash felloes 1 1/4 in square, joined with four 1/4 in dowels and bevelled to take a 3/4 in by 1/8 in hoop, rounded inside.

Materials for this step:

Ash BoardAsh Board1 axle and felloes
White Oak BoardWhite Oak Board1 spokes
Iron RodIron Rod1 3/8 in pins
Wooden DowelWooden Dowel4 1/4 in
Mild Steel Flat BarMild Steel Flat Bar1 3/4 x 1/8 in tyre

Tools needed:

Wood LatheWood Lathe
SpokeshaveSpokeshave
Brace and BitBrace and Bit
HammerHammer
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Hang the wheel and paint

Screw under each hale an iron 3/4 in broad by 1/8 in thick, long enough to pass the front cross-piece by 2 or 3 in, its eye taking the axle pin. Paint the wheel and the inside of the barrow red, the outside light green, lined in a lighter colour and black.

Materials for this step:

Mild Steel Flat BarMild Steel Flat Bar2 3/4 x 1/8 in irons
Wood ScrewsWood Screws1 piece
Oil PaintOil Paint1 piece

Tools needed:

Screwdriver SetScrewdriver Set
Paintbrush SetPaintbrush Set

Materials

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Tools Required

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