Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Welding the tyre joint
Newly made wheel awaiting a tyre
Using a rasp to shape a notch
Sawing off the spoke ends
Welding a hub band
Tyre nearly in place
Boring a hub the traditional way
An example of the wheelwrights art
Close up of the clamping
Checking the size of the tyre with a traveller
Second tyre nearly in place
Shaping with a rasp
Second tyre being hammered into place
Wheel in position for the tyre
An interesting wheel!
Shaping an adze handle
Welding the tyre
Preparing the wheel for tyring
The hot tyre in place
Letting off steam
Fitting the felloes together
Fitting the hot tyre
Cooling the hot tyre
Adzes awaiting handles
The second tyre being hammered in place
A taper auger
Not just a wheelwright but a rakemaker too.
A traveller in use on the wheel.
A few finishing taps
European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Marking out a felloe
Field gun wheels
Large bow saw in use on spoke ends
Laying the wheel on the tyring stand
There is a wheel somewhere under the steam
Close up of the hub
A taper auger in use boring a wheel hub
Checking the tyre circumference
Cooling down while the trye is hammered in place
Trimming the felloes to shape with a drawknife
Cleaning up the tyre
Using a rasp
Field gun wheels
Using a press on the tyre
Trimming the felloes
Welding a hub band
Still cooling off.
Initial shaping
Trimming with a drawknife
Drawknife in use
Dampening the flames
Wheel awaiting a tyre
Cleaning up the felloes
Cleaning up
Cleaning up the tyre
Drawknife in use on the felloes
Boring a hub with a taper auger
Cleaning up with the drawknife
An example of wheel making in the past
Welding
A wheel in need of repair
Shaped handles just made.
A few finishing touches to the second tyre
The first stage in shaping
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