Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Welding the tyre joint
The second tyre being hammered in place
A taper auger in use boring a wheel hub
Marking out a felloe
Cleaning up with the drawknife
Drawknife in use on the felloes
Hammering the tyre into place
A pile of iron hubs
Welding a hub band
Drawknife in use
A traveller in use on the wheel.
Second tyre being hammered into place
Using a chipping hammer
Laying the wheel on the tyring stand
European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Field gun wheels
Cleaning up
Boring a hub with a taper auger
Checking the tyre circumference
Applying a hot tyre
Clamping the wheel down
Clamping the tyre ready for welding
Welding a tyre
Using a press on the tyre join
Sawing off the spoke ends
Using a press on the tyre
Fitting a heated tyre on the wheel
Cleaning up the tyre
Shaped handles just made.
Shaping with a rasp
Welding the tyre
Field gun wheels
A few finishing taps
A wheel in need of repair
Welding an iron band for a wheel hub
A 12 spoked wheel
An example of the wheelwrights art
Close up of the hub
Close up of the clamping
Fitting the felloes together
Welding
Shaping with a drawknife
Cleaning up the weld
Cooling down while the trye is hammered in place
Welding the tyre
Adzes awaiting handles
The hot tyre in place
A corner of the wheelwrights shop
Not just a wheelwright but a rakemaker too.
Still cooling off.
Cleaning up the tyre
Fitting the hot tyre
Cleaning up
There is a wheel somewhere under the steam
Cooling the hot tyre
Welding the tyre
Spot welding
An example of wheel making in the past
Newly made wheel awaiting a tyre
Preparing the wheel for tyring
Wheel in position for the tyre
Letting off steam
Drawknife in use shaping
An interesting wheel!
Cooling down
Checking the tyre is properly fitted.
Trimming the felloes to shape with a drawknife
Trimming with a drawknife
Welding a hub band
Using a rasp to shape a notch
A taper auger
Using a taper auger on a wheel hub
Detail of the wheel
Large bow saw in use on spoke ends
Checking the size of the tyre with a traveller
Using a rasp
Dampening the flames
Tail vice and dog
Cleaning up the felloes
Detail of a 12 spoked wheel
Tyre nearly in place
A long job in hand in the wheelwrights shop.
Clamped in place for tyring
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