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