Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Welding a tyre
Wheel in position for the tyre
Drawknife in use again.
Not just a wheelwright but a rakemaker too.
An example of the wheelwrights art
Trimming the felloes to shape with a drawknife
There is a wheel somewhere under the steam
Welding an iron band for a wheel hub
Sawing off the spoke ends
Spot welding
Cleaning up
Fitting the hot tyre
Tail vice and dog
Close up of the hub
Welding the tyre
The hot tyre in place
Trimming the felloes
Boring a hub the traditional way
Preparing the wheel for tyring
A corner of the wheelwrights shop
Using a press on the tyre join
Drawknife in use shaping
Boring a hub with a taper auger
Bow saw in use cleaning up spoke ends
Using a rasp
Still cooling off.
Initial shaping
Welding the tyre
Cooling down
Second tyre nearly in place
Clamped in place for tyring
The first stage in shaping
Drawknife in use on the felloes
Newly made wheel awaiting a tyre
Welding the tyre joint
Welding the tyre
European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Clamping the tyre ready for welding
Applying a hot tyre
Welding a hub band
Tyre nearly in place
Using a chipping hammer
Fitting the felloes together
Cleaning up
Welding
Wheel awaiting a tyre
Cooling the hot tyre
Marking out a felloe
Drawknife in use
Cleaning up the weld
Cleaning up the felloes
Shaping with a rasp
Field gun wheels
Trimming with a drawknife
A long job in hand in the wheelwrights shop.
A traveller in use on the wheel.
Shaping with a rasp
Detail of the wheel
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