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