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