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