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