Notes and tips. The wheel in this project is made up of three layers of timber glued together. Two layers would also suffice. It is just personal taste. A thick wheel or a thin wheel. The rounding and shaping of the tray panels can be changed to suit your taste and artistic flair. Make the hole in the wheel slightly bigger than the dowel axel. (The dowel used in this project is only 200mm long. piece off an old broom perhaps). The timbers used in this project are h3 treated (except for the dowel axle, which probably isn’t). The dowel will need a preservative, so might as well do the whole wheelbarrow for longer life. Apply light coats of boiled linseed oil thinned with mineral turpentine. Both can be purchased from most hardware stores and are inexpensive. |