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