Coachbuilding

Wheelmaking: Wooden Wheel Design and Construction

Carriage Museum of America,Don Peloubet,Pa.) Carriage Museum of America (Bird-In-Hand
A compilation of articles on wheelmaking from late 19th century journals published for the carriage industry, this book chronicles the transformation of a handcraft industry to a mechanized one.

Divided into 10 sections, the first gives an overview of wheelmaking technologies of the time, followed by sections on the dishing of wheels, hubs, spokes, felloes and rims, tires, rubber tires, patent wheels, and wheel repair.

245 pgs, 9x12, b&w illus, softcover
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$29.95

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Coach-Makers' Illustrated Hand-Book, 1875: Containing Complete Instructions in All the Different Braches of Carriage Building

I. D. Ware
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Horse Drawn Sleighs, Second Edition

Susan Green
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