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