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Restoring a Fruit and Veg Cart
I consider myself to be a “Generalist” wheelwright, I make a wide range of wooden wheels. It all depends upon what my customers bring me, one week its a carriage wheel, next week its a cannon, having said that I … Continue reading
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A Traditional Market Cart
My latest Video is making a Traditional Market Cart, often referred to as a costermongers cart. If you would like to know the history of costermongers have a look at my earlier posts and you will find the complete potted … Continue reading
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Lay still whilst I measure for your Coffin!
This week I spent two days at the Suffolk show a major rural show in the East of England, promoting my Wheelwrights Business. As a modern wheelwright I am used to being a rare commodity. An educated guess would suggest there … Continue reading
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Tagged humour, living history, memory, middle age, old age, suffolk show, traditional, undertaker, wheelwright, work
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A Miniature Wagon
This summer I have decided its time to come out of my workshop and go and meet people, so I have taken a stall at a couple of country shows, starting at the suffolk show in May. Whilst at each … Continue reading
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Tagged art, business, design, garden, grandchildren, home, middle age, miniature, miniature carriage, work
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Why Bother Making it?
Now  I don’t claim to be a blacksmith, my primary skill is as a wheelwright, so I have a Blacksmith’s forge to support that, enabling me to make all manner of little parts and pieces. For example today I needed to … Continue reading
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Tagged art, business, coat, design, family, history, home, middle age, money, steel, traditionalcraft, traditionalskills, work
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Accident or Design?
As a Craftsmen I love my job, it offers variety and every day is different, that’s  until I get take on a big project with a timescale, when it suddenly becomes a production line. I have spent the last couple of … Continue reading
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Scared of a Spelling Mistake!
For my latest project I have been building a temporary Signpost with attached signs for a Urban Food Festival Opening tomorrow at Canary Wharf for a few days. The customer wanted a modern urban style sign based upon those … Continue reading
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Tagged art, business, canary wharf, design, events, food, humour, work
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A Sophisticated Bag for a Simple Man
I had a couple of days break between real work whilst I waited for an important customer to make a decision, so I took an opportunity to make a project just for me making use of a leftover piece of … Continue reading
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Tagged design, experiment, family, harpers bazaar, home, humour, job, middle age, prairie chic, video, work
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Repairing Wooden Wheels
I frequently get asked to repair wooden carriage wheels, and they are always a voyage of adventure as you never know what your going to find, which also makes it the hardest to price, which is another problem as everyone wants … Continue reading
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Tagged art, business, carriage wheel, wagon wheel, wheel, wheelwright, wood, work
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