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