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