The picture above shows the stanchions set in place and waiting for the wood to be bent around them. They are mounted on a pattern board made from two 4' x 8' sheets of plywood upon which a cross section of the wagon is drawn. I then screwed down the stanchions following the curve drawn upon the pattern board.Learning Curve Note: When I assembled the stanchions I just eyeballed the angle. Prior to bending the boards I had a conversation with Ash and Jeff, two fellow wagon builders, they said that it turned out to be very important that the stanchions be at a true right angle. After I bent my first set of bows I also found this to be true. As you stack the bows up the stanchions any deviation from the vertical becomes very noticeable and harder to deal with the higher you go.
So, make sure they are built at an exact 90 degree angle.
Continued in part III.
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