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