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