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