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Otago Witness, Issue 3886, 4 September 1928, Page 10

THE HANDY MAN’S CORNER, f MAKING A WHEELBARROW. (Special foe the Otago Witness.) The useful wheelbarrow shown in Fig. in one niece and therefore H win n,. ti. , 1 wiH not cost very much for materials, best to P m ake it up of ordinary ll lin so fi}° U 1 P la «ed even if the wood has to be bought tongued and grooved floorboards i.„ > , y 7 I . llce T, and then should « n ially. Generally, it will be ioSn.l the’boarae So barrow Is thX Sa? bt.lT intO P'““ "«'■ that much of the required timber can affords the greatest strength. When the strengthen P ur P ose is t<* be found in the home workshop. parts have been nrenared tbov g the body and entirely close The greatest difficulty is with the glued and fir ml v screwed tn all P oSS , lble cracks or crevices. wheel, but in this design a solid disc side of the body the outer ffi i e R S are sawn to shape from built up of several layers has been 1116 °’’ ter edgCS ° f tbe ba F d wood about PJn square, or from substituted for the regulation spoked £ ' "■>. oidmary deal about 2in square in section, variety. The side pieces are shown 7 ley ara then firmly screwed or bolted in Fig. 2, and the two of them can •/ ' tO 3 i 91des ’ as shown in Fig. 1. The be sawn to shape with a bow saw from 111/ wheel, axle, and bearings are shown material about lin actual thickness. in lug. 5. The wheel is built up of It will be noted that the handles, the F I , re ® P'F ces tongued and grooved sides of the body, and the forward IIG. I board laid one way of the grain, and support for the wheel are all incorpor- -- . el ? covered .by three similar pieces ated in one piece of board, thus facili- -x—— *~ w w 'hi the grain at right angles. The tating the work and ensuring a maxi- I— 30— • .Iwhole is well glued and screwed tomum of strength. .. /w." etb er, and a square hole is then cut The front and back'boards are separ- / ? *l'l/' 1 the centre. This hole should ately shown in Fig. 3. If possible they X-. 1 L/ F|G.2 7 about 21n square, and it should had better be sawn from a board about h -36- „ -I “self be square to the face of the lOjin in width and l|in thick. After "* a 1 . rim is then shaped as they have been shaped, it will be ■ ■ ... . ~ nearly to a.circle as possible and covered necessary to form a “housing” or q 4 p * 6 " F? ~a bandln S of stout hoop iron, or shallow groove across the inside faces \ / \ / preferably properly tyred with a light of the side pieces, placing them at the V— 12*— J 14“ J sbru ” k , on ’ . In either case positions indicated by the dotted lines ' s oud be fixed with countersunk in Fig. 2. This housing must be equal ft scn^ s - in width to the thickness of the back [T Flgs dbe ax^e shaped from 3in square boards, and not more than iin F, r 4. <s^7 — wood, as shown in Fig. 5, the squared deep. The back boards are then glued „ . part in the middle being a tight fit and firmly screwed in place and their * 4 16 } n . tbe bole in the wheel, the latter lower edges planed off level with the U 1 being fixed with a hardwood tapered sides. The lower edges should be planed L2-o key driven through a slot, as shown, off until a flat face is formed, this bottom boards bein" planed off flush 77+ iS driven well int <> each being necessary to allow of the bottom with the sides and ends 7 7 1 '7° d has been bound boards fitting snugly on to them. The The next thin" is to fit i )? tb matal , ferrule s, as shown. It is bottom board is shown in Fig. 4. It sectioned fillet of wood measuring abou‘ wrm tO • the barrow b y the Mill hardly be practicable to make this Ijin by IJin into each angular “corner* screwed P WhiCh a™

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