Proctor's Wheelwright machinery, part 1, Sovereign Hill, making wagon wheel parts

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This shows Proctors, a complete wheelwright's workshop at Sovereign Hill museum, Ballarat, Vic. Australia, set up mostly with original old Defiance (USA) waggon wheel making machinery.
It is fully operational, and has been since the early 1990s.
Some of the equipment originally came from Healey Bros at Newcastle, NSW. The West's Patent cold tyre setter came from UK, but there is footage of a North American one also operating in Australia.
Much of it is described in three books my Mike Hendrikson, in his 'Secrets of Wheelwrighting' series. They are all available for sale, including the newest great book - Wooden Hub Wheels and more - from www.aussieheavyhorses.com (via the merchandise and books link,) or email us at info@aussieheavyhorses.com
The newest book, "Hubs..." covers how to make wheels using the old equipment, how to make them using modern quality equipment, and how to make them using hobbyist's home garage type of tools, including cautions of just abolut every mistake you might make, if you hadn't read the book first!
Part 2 of the process is at this link:
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20 июл 2024

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@mraffolder8866 8 лет назад

Enjoyed the video. His explanation on the reason for the shape of the spoke was right on the money. I could not imagine working there all day and listening to the noise. At times it was dificult to understand what he was saying but the video said it all. Thanks

@ianstewart-koster9982 8 лет назад

+MrAffolder Thanks, yes, the noise was a bit of a distraction in the video. It wasn;t so bad in real life - I think the camera microphone was just a bit more sensitive to it. The idea of throating the spoke it to give it somewhere to flex, rather than extend the stresses into the hub, or onto the tangs. When a wheel goes from stopped, to moving, there is inertia, or resistance to movement, just before it gives, and moves. The slight narrowness of the spoke just out from the hub allows a minute bit of flex there, to ease the stresses all round. (That's my explanation & take on it, anyhow!) Glad you enjoyed it! P.S. There will be a 'part 2' that I'll upload in a couple of days, as the computer docked the last 5 minutes of wheel tyring from the video clip.

@hectorcarmona3091 8 лет назад

love this video,the machinery,the sound,makes me feel i am in the shop thanks you so much,great.

@Clarkehighwheeler 8 лет назад

Great work Ian , thank you very much for your time and effort , greatly appreciated .

@ianstewart-koster9982 8 лет назад

+Clarkehighwheeler Thanks, Clarke - hope it helps a few people appreciate an often unrealised aspect of the mechanisation of the industry so long ago. It wasn't all hammer and chisel and nostalgic spokeshave stuff! ;)

@Clarkehighwheeler 8 лет назад

+Ian Stewart-Koster Thank you Ian , great effort .

@fisshayemezgebu8858 4 года назад

I realy-admaierd-the-ingeiner-who-made-this-maskin-!!!

@mervynevans5176 8 лет назад

mi museo molino Nant Fach, proximamente construira ruedas para restaurar carruajes antiguos.

@gbwildlifeuk8269 3 года назад

If that machinery was in UK, with our health and safety there'd be more guards on it than buckingham palace! Not to mention ear defenders, eye protection, boots and god knows what else. Its a slow everything down, make the job harder, pain in the arse!