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