Practical Carriage Building
Finney/Astragal · Paperback · May 1, 1994
This combined reprint of Volumes 1 and 2 of the 1892 edition of Practical Carriage Building is perhaps the most complete and accurate contemporary work on the subject.
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- Who it’s for
- Explore carriage parts, assembly, framing, axles, patterns, and layouts in this reprint of two volumes.
- Themes
- Carriage construction, Wheel making and repair, Historic carriage trades
- Genres
- Crafts & Hobbies, Manufacturing & Trades
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This combined reprint of Volumes 1 and 2 of the 1892 edition of Practical Carriage Building is perhaps the most complete and accurate contemporary work on the subject. It covers in great depth, and with many illustrations, the materials and tools used, the making and repairing of wheels, the making of carriage parts and their assembly, framing and construction, axles, yokes, whiffletrees, patterns and layouts, and many other useful and fascinating subjects.
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All sorts of carriages are discussed: buggies, cabriolets and broughams, phatons, rockaways, as well as sleighs and sleds, and express, delivery, and farm wagons. A definitive, easy to follow reference on this early trade that is now enjoying a well-deserved renaissance.
Carriage Construction
Explore carriage parts, assembly, framing, axles, patterns, and layouts in this reprint of two volumes.
Come here for
- Materials and tools used in carriage building
- Making and repairing wheels
Expect
- Illustrations accompanying detailed coverage
- Examples including buggies, sleighs, and farm wagons
Where it sits
| Crafts & Hobbies | 88% |
|---|---|
| Manufacturing & Trades | 23% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Carpentry
- Manufacturing & Trades
- Authors
- M. T. Richardson
- Publisher
- Finney/Astragal
- Published
- May 1, 1994
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- Carriage construction · Wheel making and repair · Historic carriage trades
- Reading lane
- Carpentry