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