A Visit to Kalamazoo Cooperage
A Trip to Kalamazoo Cooperage Recently I visited Kalamazoo Cooperage and spent a morning with Ben Aldrich and Gerren Young. What an exciting visit this was for me. When I arrived I knew [...]
How Many Lathes Do You Need?
When I was maybe 12 or 13, with my Dad’s help, I built a wood lathe. The bed was made from a 2 by 6 and the ways were two parallel three quarter inch [...]
A Really Big Band Saw
I spotted it in the corner of the carriage maker’s shop. It was big, I mean really big, a 36 inch band saw. For some strange reason I have always wanted a large band [...]
Wheelwrighting At The Indiana State Fair
Like Brigadoon of yore, each year at the Indiana State Fair a magical thing happens. A wagon wheel shop appears on the fair grounds and for the next two weeks wheels of all sorts [...]