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