Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Cleaning up the tyre
Welding the tyre joint
Boring a hub the traditional way
Not just a wheelwright but a rakemaker too.
Cleaning up with the drawknife
Drawknife in use again.
Adzes awaiting handles
Drawknife in use shaping
Using a chipping hammer
Cleaning up
Cleaning up the felloes
Trimming the felloes
Detail of the wheel
Hammering the tyre into place
Applying a hot tyre
Welding a tyre
Shaping with a drawknife
Second tyre nearly in place
Welding the tyre
Clamping the wheel down
Cleaning up
Cooling down while the trye is hammered in place
A long job in hand in the wheelwrights shop.
Cooling down
The second tyre being hammered in place
A taper auger in use boring a wheel hub
Sawing off the spoke ends
Tail vice and dog
Using a press on the tyre
Welding an iron band for a wheel hub
Dampening the flames
Drawknife in use
Shaping with a rasp
Field gun wheels
A wheel in need of repair
Drawknife in use
Cleaning up with an angle grinder
Shaped handles just made.
Field gun wheels
Cleaning up the tyre
Trimming with a drawknife
Fitting the hot tyre
Shaping with a rasp
Wheel in position for the tyre
Checking the tyre is properly fitted.
A traveller in use on the wheel.
Tyre nearly in place
Large bow saw in use on spoke ends
Wheel awaiting a tyre
Cooling the tyre down
Drawknife in use
A few finishing taps
European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Welding the tyre
A few finishing touches to the second tyre
Laying the wheel on the tyring stand
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