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