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