Christmas Cart refurbishment

Just a few weeks ago we were asked to refurbish this old cart

With the help of Mike and John, our superb painters, we removed the roof and set to cleaning all the dirt and rust off. Looking at the old wheels we soon realised that they where beyond repair, Dave found some ornamental wheels which, with some reinforcing and wooden bearings, we set to improve them

We used the homemade aliner for the bearings to make the wheels run true

This was made on the wood turning lathe in the men’s shed

John hard at work

He can smile ?

A new clean floor was fitted

Even the underside was painted

We had to trim off some of the old axle

Nearly ready

Chef painter Mike (thanks Mike)

The young  apprentice painter John (thanks John)

A small fret Christmas  Picture I cut from some scrap wood

Just now waiting for all the Christmas goods to be put on.

Now for the next project