Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Shaped handles just made.
Using a press on the tyre join
Cooling down while the trye is hammered in place
Shaping with a rasp
Clamping the wheel down
Wheel in position for the tyre
Drawknife in use
Trimming the felloes
Wheel awaiting a tyre
Drawknife in use
Marking out a felloe
Cooling the tyre down
Cleaning up the tyre
Boring a hub with a taper auger
Laying the wheel on the tyring stand
The first stage in shaping
Welding the tyre
A long job in hand in the wheelwrights shop.
Detail of a 12 spoked wheel
Hammering the tyre into place
Dampening the flames
Not just a wheelwright but a rakemaker too.
Sawing off the spoke ends
Field gun wheels
Large bow saw in use on spoke ends
Shaping an adze handle
Detail of the wheel
Cleaning up the weld
Cleaning up the felloes
Field gun wheels
Fitting the felloes together
Using a chipping hammer
European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Using a press on the tyre
Boring a hub the traditional way
Cleaning up
Preparing the wheel for tyring
A taper auger
Drawknife in use again.
Checking the tyre is properly fitted.
Welding a hub band
Second tyre being hammered into place
Welding the tyre
Bow saw in use cleaning up spoke ends
Checking the size of the tyre with a traveller
Welding a tyre
There is a wheel somewhere under the steam
Initial shaping
Clamping the tyre ready for welding
Cleaning up
Adzes awaiting handles
Close up of the clamping
Welding the tyre joint
Using a taper auger on a wheel hub
Welding the tyre
A pile of iron hubs
Applying a hot tyre
Tyre nearly in place
Welding an iron band for a wheel hub
Newly made wheel awaiting a tyre
Cooling the hot tyre
A traveller in use on the wheel.
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