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