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