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