Thread: Cow Boy Chuck Wagon

Nice work Gary, cant wait to see the rest of the build. Your attention to detail is superb.
Cheers, Ian

thanks men, good to see the water hasen't got you my thoughts go out to the folks that's getting wet i sure hope them well!
Gary......

Originally Posted by oven1944

thanks men, good to see the water hasn't got you my thoughts go out to the folks that's getting wet i sure hope them well! Gary......

From heat & bushfires to floods - I love this sunburnt land of Australia....
G'Day Gary,
The Aussie spirit of mateship has and is getting everyone through this difficult couple of months all the way down the east coast of Australia....
Something of the country is summed up in the attached poem "My Country"....
Keep up the great photos on the wagon.
Cheers, crowie

this is the glue up of the floor i allways cut the wood in the size to mach scale or close these or some wates i use to keep them flat. there spacers of a old plow disk and real flat and heavy they work very well for a lot of things....
Gary.....

this is the floor cut to size and sanded.. so i used it to show some of the iron work that gos on the wagon...thats what i've been doing the last week.. you can see the brakes or done that took some time to get the spring the way i wanted so they work even and set up level... the standerd iron is done with the rings that set in the swells i had to make a little tool to stamp them in cold... and the Box Draw Straps that's what holds the bottom up there flat iron with a bolt selver soldared on the end...that holds the 4... 1 1/4'' by 4'' hard wood boards under the Box there bolted on the bottom side board... i steel need to make the Brace iron that gos with the Draw Straps they need threads on one end i'll make them out of brass it threads ez i think i covered all in the photo...
Gary....

this photo will show the iron on the bolster standered so you can see how it looks....
Gary....

That is just so good!! i am mightly impressed!!!

Thank you Artime, i've got a lot to do yet i'm going to work on the Box today so more photos soon i hope...i'm going to have my eye operated on this monday so that may slow me down for a time but it's been giving me trouble for all most 2 years it waters a lot and just when i need to see..lol i'll be back in a week or so...thanks for your nice words...
Gary....

All the best for Mondays eye operation Gary.....
Behave in the hospital and do as the doctors say so you can get back to the workshop post haste.
Cheers, crowie

Hope things go well for your operation.

Thamks folks i'm not looking forword to it i can't eat anything or drink from 6 in the morning tell 1: and i'm a big boob when it comes to IVs they never find a good vain.. but it's a in and out thing just have to have a driver to take be home.. mybe she will let me buy some wood on the way home? the kids all ways got a gift when she took them for shots...heres hopeing
Gary....

It is looking great so far Hope your eye op goes well and you are back working in the shed soon.

I am watching with interest. How big is the model going to be when finished

Thanks, it's 1/8'' scale so the box will be 16 1/2'' long by 9 1/2 '' wide out side of hub to hub 15 1/2'' to the top of the bows so with a team around 34'' long i'll give a little better size as i go i'm typing with one eye and one finger at the time the eye will get better but the typing will stay the same... sure glad to have that over look like i've been hit with a bass ball tho...
Gary....

heres the bottum with the stain and reddy for the sides....
Gary...