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Mick Strefford Mick Strefford is offline
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Default My Wheelbarrow!

Hi Folks - My first post to this group - I 've been lurking for years and
thought it was about time I showed off some of my work.

I had been after one of these wheelbarrows for years and when at the Garden
Centres they always said that they never stocked them because they were too
expensive! Then I found out how expensive they were - I did a Google and
found out that people were charging between 195 and 250 British Pounds for
them!

So - off I went and bought some good ole Scottish Elm, Oak and Ash and built
me one for myself!
The boards, shafts and legs are Elm, the wheel hub is Elm, the spokes are
Oak and the felloes are Ash (I got the plans for the wheel for free from
www.bobsplans.com ) These are the traditional woods for this type of
barrow - so the experts say!

So now all I have to do is get the metal tyre (tire!) for the wheel and it's
ready for work........

Regards from Sunny Scotland

Mick






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