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