He Built A Wagon Wheel Picnic Table

He Built A Wagon Wheel Picnic Table AG WORLD Ag World 13-6-19 Amos Miller, Hatfield, Ark., welded together the steel seats and wheels from old horse-drawn farm equipment to build his own antique "wagon wheel" picnic table. The table, 5 ft. long and 40 in. wide, is painted a striking red and silver. Miller welded four horse-drawn rake and mower seats to the tops of four 20-in. dia. wheels which he salvaged from a 1920s-era horse-powered hay baler. He supported the table top with two 36-in. dia. wheels which he took from an old horse-drawn cultivator. "My wife and I wanted a different kind of picnic table," explains Miller. "This one is real sturdy and heavy. All haying equipment in those days was horse-drawn, including the baler. The horse walked around in circles to drive the plunger while men used pitch forks to feed hay into the comaction chamber." Miller welded a 6 by 6 in. plate to the bottom of each seat as well as to the top of each wheel. He welded a length of 11/2-in. angle iron to the tops of both large wheels to support the table top, which he built from 2 by 6 treated boards. He covered the boards with three coats of water seal and painted them, as well as the seats and wheel hubs, red. He welded the bottoms of all wheels to four lengths of 2-in. dia. pipe which form a rectangular base for the table. He welded two more lengths of pipe between the large wheels to strengthen them and, to use as a footrest. He also welded a pipe between the hubs of both large wheels. For more information, contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Amos Miller, Rt. 1, Box 90, Hatfield, Ark. 71945 (ph 501389-6630).

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