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