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