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