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