Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Detail of a 12 spoked wheel
Large bow saw in use on spoke ends
A long job in hand in the wheelwrights shop.
Using a taper auger on a wheel hub
Letting off steam
Wheel awaiting a tyre
An example of the wheelwrights art
Welding the tyre
A corner of the wheelwrights shop
Sawing off the spoke ends
Boring a hub the traditional way
Still cooling off.
Hammering the tyre into place
The first stage in shaping
Shaping with a rasp
Shaped handles just made.
Welding the tyre
Checking the size of the tyre with a traveller
Shaping with a rasp
Trimming the felloes to shape with a drawknife
The hot tyre in place
A taper auger in use boring a wheel hub
Shaping with a drawknife
Trimming with a drawknife
An example of wheel making in the past
Wheel in position for the tyre
Welding the tyre joint
Cleaning up the tyre
Cooling down while the trye is hammered in place
Spot welding
Adzes awaiting handles
Using a rasp
A 12 spoked wheel
Cooling the hot tyre
Fitting a heated tyre on the wheel
Welding
Drawknife in use shaping
Welding the tyre
Drawknife in use again.
Using a press on the tyre
Marking out a felloe
European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Boring a hub with a taper auger
A traveller in use on the wheel.
Sawing off the spoke ends
Laying the wheel on the tyring stand
Cleaning up
Second tyre being hammered into place
Cleaning up the weld
Shaping an adze handle
Field gun wheels
Drawknife in use
A pile of iron hubs
The second tyre being hammered in place
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