Thread: wip stagecoach

very impressive

Would be nice to see progress of your Aussie and you haven't been on holidays.

Good point Wheelinround. How about it Aussie?

Looks great Elderly looking forward to more pics.

I have not had a lot of time to work on my stagecoach recently but I have got a bit done. Made and fitted lanterns, door handles, all the metal bits and the luggage rack. I hope to get the coach itself finished over the next couple of days and then on to the wheels. Here are a few pics.

Very nice work so far. All this on the scroll saw?

Hi Christos,
Thanks for your response. No it is not done on the scroll saw it is made out of 6mm thick wood apart from the seats. The seats are made from12mm thick wood and the curves on the coach are achieved by cutting through the back of the seats. The only part that is done on the scroll saw are the windows and door openings.

Cheers Elderly

nice
billy

Some pics of WIP on the wheels. The hubs are simply turned out of dowel and the axles are satay sticks. The wheels were roughly cut on the bandsaw and then turned to size. I then made a simple jig by drilling a 12mm hole in a block of wood making sure that the sides were ninety degrees. I had drilled the wheels to take a half inch bolt when I turned them so I screwed the wheels to the block. The half inch bolt cutting a slight thread on the hole in the block of wood. It was then simply a matter of drilling and rotating the wheels to the correct position the make sure all of the holes ran to the centre of the wheel. Of course the one block worked for both size wheels.
I then cut out the centre of the wheel and sanded it to size on the bobbin sander. I then cut out the inside of the tyres and glued them to the wheels. Next I cut the outside of the wheels and sanded them to their finished size. I then sanded then on their side working through the grits. The next job is to cut and shape the spokes and make a simple jig to assemble them.

interesting approach

May I ask why you did not turn the wheel off on the lathe instead of using the scrollsaw that way you could do a few at a time.

Hi Wheelinround,
I did turn the tyres off on the small wheels but on the large ones I made the mistake of cutting the middle out before I put the tyres on so it was easier to do it on the scroll saw and sander. Not a problem as there is only two.

Cheers Elderly

Originally Posted by elderly

Hi Wheelinround,
I did turn the tyres off on the small wheels but on the large ones I made the mistake of cutting the middle out before I put the tyres on so it was easier to do it on the scroll saw and sander. Not a problem as there is only two.

Cheers Elderly

Thanks elderly your process is a good approach. I have a larger wheel to do as soon as my lathe comes home. A spinning wheel dia of 17".

Thanks elderly, for showing us a top job and something for others to aspire to!
Very much appreciate your craftmanship & patience.
Cheers, Crowie

Thanks Crowie your comments are much appreciated.
Cheers Elderly

This afternoon I finished the wheels for the coach. I made the simple assembly jig by sticking a pattern for the front and back wheels to a piece of mdf. I then drilled a hole through the centre of each one to take a piece of satay stick. I then bored this out to fit the outside of the hubs to a depth that would line the spokes up parallel between the wheel and the hub.
After this I cut the spokes to the correct length and tapered one end so that they fit around the hub. Once this was done I dry fit everything and once I was happy I glued everything in place using a small amount of thick super glue.
Elderly.