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