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