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