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