2007/63/1-6

Douglas Andrews (Maker)

A set of 6 wheel parts, made and used by Douglas Andrews. Part of the Filming Rural Crafts project, 2007.
This is a set of six wooden wheel parts, made and used by Douglas Andrews during the course of making a new set of wheels for a nineteenth century threshing machine. It includes: 2 spoke blanks, 2 felloe patterns, 1 felloe section and 1 spoke end template. Douglas Andrews was filmed making the wheels at his workshop in 2007 as part of the Filming Rural Crafts project.

wooden parts used in wheel making; condition good

MERL miscellaneous note - 'Made by Douglas Andrews, wheelwright of Three Cups, Heathfield, Sussex', MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Museum of English Rural Life) – 'Wheel making parts made and used by Douglas Andrews during the course of making a new set of wheels for a nineteenth century threshing machine. // Six parts: 2 spoke blanks // 2 felloe patterns // 1 felloe section // 1 spoke end template // Acquired during the course of filming Douglas Andrews making a new set of wheels for a threshing machine as part of the Filming Rural Crafts project, summer 2007. See project archive for full details.

Heathfield [East Sussex]

2007-07-04 - 2007-07-04

Andrews, Douglas (Maker)