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