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