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