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