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