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