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