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