Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
A traveller in use on the wheel.
Shaping with a drawknife
Trimming the felloes
A corner of the wheelwrights shop
The first stage in shaping
Cleaning up the weld
A taper auger
Clamped in place for tyring
Field gun wheels
Second tyre being hammered into place
Welding the tyre
Still cooling off.
Drawknife in use shaping
A few finishing touches to the second tyre
Field gun wheels
Using a rasp
Shaping an adze handle
Sawing off the spoke ends
Checking the size of the tyre with a traveller
Fitting a heated tyre on the wheel
Cleaning up with the drawknife
Not just a wheelwright but a rakemaker too.
Welding the tyre
Detail of a 12 spoked wheel
Using a press on the tyre
A long job in hand in the wheelwrights shop.
Hammering the tyre into place
Drawknife in use again.
Drawknife in use
Wheel in position for the tyre
Second tyre nearly in place
An example of the wheelwrights art
Welding a hub band
Close up of the clamping
Shaping with a rasp
Cleaning up
Applying a hot tyre
Drawknife in use on the felloes
Welding
Using a taper auger on a wheel hub
Checking the tyre circumference
Letting off steam
Spot welding
Wheel awaiting a tyre
Bow saw in use cleaning up spoke ends
Welding a tyre
Welding the tyre joint
European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Dampening the flames
Cleaning up
A 12 spoked wheel
A pile of iron hubs
A taper auger in use boring a wheel hub
Welding an iron band for a wheel hub
Cleaning up the tyre
Boring a hub with a taper auger
Preparing the wheel for tyring
There is a wheel somewhere under the steam
Close up of the hub
Clamping the wheel down
An example of wheel making in the past
Fitting the hot tyre
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