Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
A corner of the wheelwrights shop
Second tyre being hammered into place
Cooling down
The second tyre being hammered in place
Checking the tyre circumference
Dampening the flames
Applying a hot tyre
Cleaning up the weld
Detail of the wheel
Cleaning up the tyre
Trimming the felloes to shape with a drawknife
European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Drawknife in use
Hammering the tyre into place
Wheel awaiting a tyre
Laying the wheel on the tyring stand
Cooling the tyre down
Welding the tyre
Spot welding
Field gun wheels
The first stage in shaping
Welding an iron band for a wheel hub
Fitting the hot tyre
Shaping with a rasp
Close up of the hub
An example of the wheelwrights art
Newly made wheel awaiting a tyre
Close up of the clamping
Large bow saw in use on spoke ends
An example of wheel making in the past
Shaping with a rasp
Not just a wheelwright but a rakemaker too.
Drawknife in use
A few finishing touches to the second tyre
Using a taper auger on a wheel hub
Marking out a felloe
Fitting the felloes together
Cooling the hot tyre
Cleaning up
Second tyre nearly in place
Clamping the tyre ready for welding
Cleaning up the tyre
Welding the tyre joint
The hot tyre in place
Welding a hub band
Using a rasp to shape a notch
Tail vice and dog
Trimming with a drawknife
Welding a tyre
Boring a hub the traditional way
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