Well since I'm incorporating old original irons into this new wagon box, I found that I have some
support braces that have some stripped threads, and these top box irons are really twisted,
so I've got to do some repair work before I can complete this box
I did get my riveting finished last week, so now I can begin to assemble the sideboards.
I have an old Greenfield tap and die set and the jaws on the dies are adjustable, which allows me
to adjust the threads for these old style nuts, therefore I can keep these old original nuts.
When I put a set of calipers on these top box irons they measured at 95 thousands, which is about
3 thirty-seconds. They are twisted and they are bent side to side, so in order to straighten these out
I clamp them down to a straight edge of new iron and step by step I can get these straightened out.
Now the cabinet on my sandblaster is just shy of 48 inches, and I have added another three foot,
but it's still too short for these 10 and a half foot piece of irons. But I did make a
couple modifications that I can put long irons through this sand blaster and make it work.
In these old wagons there is a method in their madness of how they're designed. It seems odd
that they would be ten and a half feet, but with the cleats on both ends that hold the end boards
you can see that there's three inches extending behind the boards on both ends, so inside carrying
capacity of this ten and a half foot box is 10 feet. A 38 inch wide box has 36 inch inside and I
have 14 inch side walls which gives me a 35 cubic foot carrying capacity inside this box. Oftentimes
you hear these boxes referred to as a 30 bushel wagon. It actually figures out to 28 on this box.
I can add another 10 inches and bring it up to a 60 cubic foot, which will give me a 48 capacity.
I don't really need the capacity for grain on this, but I like the taller sides when I put a
chuck box in the back. So that's what we're going to do next week.
Once again, thanks for watching!