Wheelwrighting A Modern Introduction Morrison o £ 30.00 o (A) This book was recommended by a customer, which is always a good start and it isn't difficult to understand his enthusiasm; this contains a quite incredible amount of information on making wooden wheels, and has been written as "something accessible to beginners, while at the same time, challenging to intermediate level wheelwrights". Bruce & Joyce Morrison, the husband and wife team who largely wrote this magnum-opus are Canadian, and it may be that there are detail differences between North American and European ways of building wheels, but I don't believe the basics will vary much. You might consider the price is steep for a book produced and printed by desktop publishing methods, but there are 372 A4 pages here, and they are crammed with wall-to-wall information. If you want to build a wooden carriage wheel, or just wonder how it was done, this is as good a book as you will find. Spiral-bound with card cover. Cottonwood Press. Add to shopping basket

Practical Carriage Building 1892 • ed. M.T. Richardson • £ 18.50 • (B) Combined reprint of the two volumes of the 1892 editions, which are probably the most complete and accurate contemporary works on the subject. 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, axles, yokes etc, etc. Covers all sorts of carriages, as well as sleighs, delivery and farm wagons. 510 page paperback. 510 illustrations. Paperback. Astragal Press Add to shopping basket

The Coach-Makers’ Illustrated Handbook 1875 • £ 18.50 • (C) Another coach-building classic reprinted! This one contains sections on: drafting, designing, and the construction of the frame and all the wooden parts, smithing of the metal, the springs, platforms, axles, wheel hoops, etc., complete with detailed diagrams, Painting, varnishing, gilding, lettering etc., Trimming, and much more. 368 pages. 100s of illustrations. Paperback. Astragal Press Add to shopping basket

Practical Carriage and Wagon Painting 1898 • Hillick • £ 13.50 • (E) Carriages were renowned for the quality and beauty of their finish. This book teaches you how to achieve this. It may be over the top for your "horseless carriage", but as a manual on preparation of an object to be painted, and then how to paint, ornately line, and varnish it, it takes a lot of beating! 161 illustrated pages. Paperback. Astragal Press. Add to shopping basket