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