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