I want an ore cart to display my rock samples and I saw one in Las Vegas and blogged about it. My feeble efforts to find one or get one made were fruitless and I had pretty much given it up as another one of those wild ideas I have that come to naught. Then on a hike to Henninger Flats last weekend I saw an ore cart.
In fact two ore carts:
They were part of a display about mining in the San Gabriel Mountains in the 19th and 20th centuries. The thing I learned is that the wheel assemblies (trucks) are a separate piece from the cart. I’m back to dreaming about ore carts.
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I built one years ago out of plywood and it looked pretty good after i stained it a dark brown. You can get the wheels from a hardware store that look pretty close to the real types.
Hey Winds, Thanks for the idea. I’ll try a different hardware store.