Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Drawknife in use
Welding the tyre joint
Cleaning up
Welding a tyre
Boring a hub the traditional way
Second tyre nearly in place
Cleaning up the weld
A long job in hand in the wheelwrights shop.
Boring a hub with a taper auger
Bow saw in use cleaning up spoke ends
Preparing the wheel for tyring
Cooling down while the trye is hammered in place
Field gun wheels
Checking the tyre circumference
Shaping with a drawknife
Field gun wheels
Cooling the hot tyre
European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Cleaning up the tyre
Checking the size of the tyre with a traveller
Cleaning up with an angle grinder
Checking the tyre is properly fitted.
Shaping with a rasp
Cleaning up with the drawknife
Hammering the tyre into place
An interesting wheel!
A 12 spoked wheel
Using a press on the tyre
Welding a hub band
Detail of a 12 spoked wheel
Wheel in position for the tyre
Shaping an adze handle
Using a rasp to shape a notch
Welding
Drawknife in use
Drawknife in use on the felloes
Initial shaping
Drawknife in use again.
Spot welding
Trimming the felloes to shape with a drawknife
Welding a hub band
Clamping the tyre ready for welding
Tyre nearly in place
Cooling down
Trimming with a drawknife
Shaped handles just made.
Not just a wheelwright but a rakemaker too.
Shaping with a rasp
A pile of iron hubs
The first stage in shaping
Cooling the tyre down
A taper auger in use boring a wheel hub
Fitting a heated tyre on the wheel
Welding the tyre
Sawing off the spoke ends
Clamped in place for tyring
Close up of the hub
Still cooling off.
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