The time has come to start this restoration project of an old mud wagon from Washington state. Building and restoring horse drawn vehicles brings many challenges and this project os no different. Much of the story behind this coach is beginning to unveil itself as I spend more and more time with it. Follow along on the discovery.

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Good reference books on some of the carriage trade:

Carriage Terminology: An Historical Dictionary https://amzn.to/2Hfoq4H
The Brewster Story https://amzn.to/2wzrUNq
Practical Carriage Building https://amzn.to/3cJALfR
Wheel making: Wooden Wheel Design https://amzn.to/2TIxfK8
Carriage and Wagon Axles https://amzn.to/3aGDXav
An Interesting account of an early English Wheelwright Shop https://amzn.to/39sAICR
The Wheelwright Shop, in Kindle form https://amzn.to/3bxYOhd
The Twenty Mule Team of Death Valley https://amzn.to/3KJ4mXF
Around Boron https://amzn.to/3KZzwKx
Twenty Mule Team of Death Valley https://amzn.to/3EdzAUd


The Rasp I like to use – 14” https://amzn.to/2wclyTI
The Big Hoof Rasp – 17” https://amzn.to/3nMh5NL
The Rebar Leatherman I use https://amzn.to/2vuvWpH
The silk scarf I wear https://amzn.to/2wGqKQf
My metal marking pencil https://amzn.to/2Hu75oB
Metal marking pencil refills https://amzn.to/3744EDP
My Milwaukee Steel Cutoff saw https://amzn.to/2UzoFzx
My Metal cutting Skilsaw https://amzn.to/3lkqw7y

I like Makita tools, but am not sponsored by Makita:

I use Makita Cutoff blades https://amzn.to/39gln8f
I have several 4½” Makita angle grinders https://amzn.to/377snTp
I have several 7” Makita grinders https://amzn.to/3biF0hP
4½” Flap wheels https://amzn.to/386TyPy
My Makita cordless drill https://amzn.to/2OxQZ1e
My Milwaukee ½” cordless drill https://amzn.to/31BopBB
My Makita 3¼” Electric plane https://amzn.to/2OBkVcV
My Makita Leaf Blower, revolutionized my shop cleaning https://amzn.to/2Uywh5d
My Makita ½” drill, very powerful https://amzn.to/377uEhp

My Bosch Router https://amzn.to/2OGgWfj
My Baileigh Cyclone dust collector https://amzn.to/2H3rzEv
My Baileigh 50 Ton Pneumatic Shop Press https://amzn.to/3hZkI2p

Any of these links could help support this channel. Thanks!

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