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