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