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