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