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