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