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