Thread: My hearse prjoect 2009

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Originally Posted by hauntcrazy

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Just wondering if anyone has built a working carriage. Everyone seems to be using the wheels from Harbor Freight.
It seem like it would be pretty straight forward to build a working carriage if you could find real wagon wheels.

I had been looking for about 2 years for real wagon wheels (old chuckwagon wheels, various farms outside of town, etc) to no avail. I then got the idea of using 2 pieces of 1-inch MDF board "glued and screwed" together. I tried this out, and it worked amazingly! Very sturdy, very solid, and could take a lickin' too. IMHO, the only thing missing was either a solid rubber "runner" along the center of the wheel (much like a wheelchair) or a metal band (for authenticity) wrapped around the wheels.

My neighbours and I actually dragged it up and down my street to "stress-test" it...the only problem I had was steering it. The hardest part of making the wheels was cutting out the "pie pieces" of the wheel to make the spokes (each wheel is one solid piece).

Overall, my hearse was about 12 feet long and approx 7 feet tall. I still have it in my backyard (it's survived many a western Canadian winter unprotected), but I have every intention of making a new one this year.

Originally Posted by Kulstad

I had been looking for about 2 years for real wagon wheels (old chuckwagon wheels, various farms outside of town, etc) to no avail. I then got the idea of using 2 pieces of 1-inch MDF board "glued and screwed" together. I tried this out, and it worked amazingly! Very sturdy, very solid, and could take a lickin' too. IMHO, the only thing missing was either a solid rubber "runner" along the center of the wheel (much like a wheelchair) or a metal band (for authenticity) wrapped around the wheels.

My neighbours and I actually dragged it up and down my street to "stress-test" it...the only problem I had was steering it. The hardest part of making the wheels was cutting out the "pie pieces" of the wheel to make the spokes (each wheel is one solid piece).

Overall, my hearse was about 12 feet long and approx 7 feet tall. I still have it in my backyard (it's survived many a western Canadian winter unprotected), but I have every intention of making a new one this year.

I did the same thing to make my wheels. I made a lil tutorial on it and maybe it'll help the next time you make some wheels.

Halloween Forum - Scatterbrains's Album: Hearse Wheels

Ditto there. Here's my wheel how-to.
Hearse Wheels

Originally Posted by Scatterbrains

I did the same thing to make my wheels. I made a lil tutorial on it and maybe it'll help the next time you make some wheels.

Halloween Forum - Scatterbrains's Album: Hearse Wheels

I built my wheels first, once it warms up I'll start on the frame. This is how I did it. Horse drawn herse.