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