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