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