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