new travelling camp table

[old ugly]

i just finished my new wheelbarrow. 18th century. no modern nails or screws. its made from birch that i felled and dimensioned at stink dog creek. hand planed planks and rails. it should be good to move stuff in and out of camp, then i can use it as a table at my shelter.

 

[russellshaffer]

Can you tell us about the bearing arrangement? It looks like maybe a steel shaft into the pillow block? I like it a lot.

 

[old ugly]

solid gudgeons in the wheel. they are sandwiched into iron plates on the frame that i drilled through the flat centre, not really a bearinged type pillowblock. then mounted with homemade hardware. i made it all.
most of the images i found show the axle going through the frame of the wheelbarrow but i wanted to be able to remove the wheel if i have a failure of some sort.

 

[Gun Tramp]

Superbly done.

 

[Kansas Kid]

It does look nicely made.

 

[russellshaffer]

Have you considered drilling a countersunk hole in the bearing block to oil the shaft? A shallow groove in the shaft under the hole would act as a lube reservoir also.

 

[old ugly]

yeah i had thought of that. i don't know about the oil hole but i think the grease channel would have been used on wagons.
might happen as long as my wife doesn't make off to her garden with it

 

[russellshaffer]

Yeah they had to be able to grease the wheels without taking them off. I bet a search would tell the tale.

 

[Treestalker]

Yeah they had to be able to grease the wheels without taking them off. I bet a search would tell the tale.

you could play 'hide a zerk'

 

[old ugly]

its about trying to make something out of the 1700s so i don't know if a zerk fits that bill. i think to grease it, some sort of rendered down animal fat would have been used by smearing it onto the gudgeions.
most illustrations show the gudgeons through the wooden frame, maybe a bushing in there , but i think probably just the axle riding on the wood, greasing that would be a matter of squishing grease in there with ones fingers.

i could make that bearing out of hard wood, pin and wedge it to the frame which might be more accurate. i need to make it removable for maintenance.

 

[eggwelder]

mis quote

 

[OldRust]

i just finished my new wheelbarrow. 18th century. no modern nails or screws. its made from birch that i felled and dimensioned at stink dog creek. hand planed planks and rails. it should be good to move stuff in and out of camp, then i can use it as a table at my shelter.

Really well done ! As as fan of traditional woodworking as well as traditional ML's my hats off to you.

Thanks
O.R.

 

[Yewbender]

From transport to table, thats a great idea! Nice job

 

[Timber Wolf]

“Stink Dog Creek”? What is that story? Great barrow/table BTW.

 

[old ugly]

Thanks!

SDC Is a little place north east of Entwhisle Alberta.
Named because of our dog always rolling in manure, Moose, deer, horse, cow, elk, any kind of manure. And also the curiosity the dog has with skunks that occasionally visit us.
Ou
Tom

 

[Bullit]

Good job!