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