Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Second tyre being hammered into place
Close up of the hub
The hot tyre in place
Cleaning up with the drawknife
Welding the tyre
Sawing off the spoke ends
Shaping an adze handle
Using a rasp to shape a notch
Field gun wheels
Wheel awaiting a tyre
A taper auger in use boring a wheel hub
An interesting wheel!
Hammering the tyre into place
Tail vice and dog
An example of wheel making in the past
Spot welding
Cleaning up
Tyre nearly in place
Applying a hot tyre
Cooling the tyre down
There is a wheel somewhere under the steam
Shaping with a rasp
Second tyre nearly in place
Not just a wheelwright but a rakemaker too.
Boring a hub the traditional way
Drawknife in use on the felloes
A 12 spoked wheel
Fitting the hot tyre
Boring a hub with a taper auger
Drawknife in use again.
Welding
Welding a tyre
Welding the tyre
Fitting a heated tyre on the wheel
Cooling down while the trye is hammered in place
Welding the tyre
Using a press on the tyre
Adzes awaiting handles
Close up of the clamping
Initial shaping
Clamping the tyre ready for welding
Using a press on the tyre join
Clamping the wheel down
A long job in hand in the wheelwrights shop.
European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Drawknife in use
Wheel in position for the tyre
Cleaning up the weld
Cleaning up the tyre
Preparing the wheel for tyring
Fitting the felloes together
Cleaning up the felloes
Cleaning up the tyre
Trimming the felloes to shape with a drawknife
An example of the wheelwrights art
Shaping with a drawknife
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