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