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