Timber Jinker early 1900s

[nine fingers]

A timber jinker as used by the bullock teams to haul logs to the sawmills over 100years ago.
Heaps of vague photos on Google, but nothing as to how they were constructed, some were made from logs, others could be saw timber or logs adzed to size.
The only item of the same construction on all jinkers were the wheels, even though over all sizes varied from 1200 to 1800?.
The jinker will be attached to a steam traction engine, (no bulls), these are both commissions for a sawmilling company.
The wheels are 100 mm diam,spokes were from 12x3 huon, rims and hubs from myrtle,groves in hubs for spokes were 3.2 mm, hubs 24 mm diam finished length 22mm.
Spokes were pushed from inside of the rim, a jig held all in place as the hub was pushed down, a dob of super glue held every thing in place.
The band on the outer was 2 layers of blackwood veneer. John.

[bj383ss]

WOW!!!!!!

[Nanigai]

WOW....love your work John. Looking forward to seeing the rest of the build,
Cheers, Ian

[artme]

That is darned fine work!!!

[crowie]

G'Day John, Another master class in model making, so got to sit in on this one, thank you...Cheers, crowie

[nine fingers]

A couple of photos that should have been included. John.

[PLD]

That is some great work! Beautiful job. I'm looking for a simple jig to mount a drill on my lathe to I can use the indexer to drill holes for spoke wheels for cars. Know of any such jigs that are fairly easy? I have a wood lathe.

[nine fingers]

Jinker finished and loaded, attached to another steam traction engine, waiting for sign writing to be printed . cheers John

[artme]

What a great coupling NF!!!bravabravabrava

[PLD]

that is awesome stuff!

[crowie]

Jinker finished and loaded, attached to another steam traction engine, waiting for sign writing to be printed . cheers John

Just simply superb John....and the traction engine tops it off....another 11 out of 10 sir, cheers, crowie

PS - Sorry John but I have to ask for a heap more photos please.....[large file].....Thank you!!

[nine fingers]

Just simply superb John....and the traction engine tops it off....another 11 out of 10 sir, cheers, crowie

PS - Sorry John but I have to ask for a heap more photos please.....[large file].....Thank you!!

Crowie, My ability on the camera leaves a lot to be desired, besides I get carried away on work and forget to take photos.
Maybe the next model I'll remember for some shots of work in progress. John.

[issatree]

Hi John,
You sure done those pieces of Logs proud, looks really great all up.

[Repliconics]

Hey John that is truly wonderful craftsmanship.
An absolute pleasure for the eye to behold!
Brilliant work.

Trevor.

[mardtrp]

The shape of the spokes, why, how, where did you come up with that shape ?