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