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