Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Cleaning up
Fitting the felloes together
Drawknife in use again.
A corner of the wheelwrights shop
Trimming with a drawknife
Welding
A wheel in need of repair
Checking the tyre is properly fitted.
Fitting a heated tyre on the wheel
Cleaning up with an angle grinder
An example of wheel making in the past
Clamped in place for tyring
Wheel awaiting a tyre
The second tyre being hammered in place
Spot welding
Sawing off the spoke ends
Cooling the hot tyre
Cleaning up the tyre
Cleaning up with the drawknife
Field gun wheels
Shaping with a drawknife
Shaping an adze handle
Using a taper auger on a wheel hub
Initial shaping
Using a press on the tyre join
Tyre nearly in place
Boring a hub with a taper auger
Drawknife in use on the felloes
Clamping the wheel down
Trimming the felloes to shape with a drawknife
Cleaning up
Welding the tyre joint
A taper auger in use boring a wheel hub
Detail of the wheel
Welding the tyre
A taper auger
Drawknife in use
European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Shaping with a rasp
Wheel in position for the tyre
Clamping the tyre ready for welding
Drawknife in use
Newly made wheel awaiting a tyre
Shaped handles just made.
The first stage in shaping
Sawing off the spoke ends
Cleaning up the tyre
Field gun wheels
Hammering the tyre into place
Drawknife in use
Welding an iron band for a wheel hub
Trimming the felloes
Using a press on the tyre
Using a chipping hammer
Marking out a felloe
A few finishing touches to the second tyre
An interesting wheel!
Welding the tyre
A long job in hand in the wheelwrights shop.
Cleaning up the felloes
Close up of the hub
Boring a hub the traditional way
Letting off steam
Dampening the flames
Drawknife in use shaping
Cooling down while the trye is hammered in place
Second tyre nearly in place
An example of the wheelwrights art
Welding a tyre
Cooling down
Detail of a 12 spoked wheel
A few finishing taps
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