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