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