Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Clamping the tyre ready for welding
Trimming the felloes
Fitting the hot tyre
Applying a hot tyre
An example of the wheelwrights art
Second tyre being hammered into place
Boring a hub the traditional way
Using a taper auger on a wheel hub
Welding an iron band for a wheel hub
Trimming with a drawknife
A long job in hand in the wheelwrights shop.
Cooling down
Tyre nearly in place
European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Using a press on the tyre join
Newly made wheel awaiting a tyre
Cleaning up the tyre
Cleaning up the weld
Marking out a felloe
Adzes awaiting handles
Detail of a 12 spoked wheel
Cleaning up with the drawknife
There is a wheel somewhere under the steam
Detail of the wheel
Drawknife in use on the felloes
Checking the tyre circumference
Welding the tyre
Wheel awaiting a tyre
Cooling the hot tyre
Still cooling off.
Cooling the tyre down
Field gun wheels
Welding
Initial shaping
Welding a hub band
Cleaning up
Welding a hub band
Tail vice and dog
An example of wheel making in the past
The second tyre being hammered in place
Dampening the flames
Shaping with a rasp
Not just a wheelwright but a rakemaker too.
Bow saw in use cleaning up spoke ends
A few finishing touches to the second tyre
Using a rasp to shape a notch
A taper auger
Hammering the tyre into place
Trimming the felloes to shape with a drawknife
A taper auger in use boring a wheel hub
Drawknife in use
A corner of the wheelwrights shop
Drawknife in use again.
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