Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Cleaning up with the drawknife
Still cooling off.
Welding a hub band
A corner of the wheelwrights shop
Dampening the flames
Cooling down while the trye is hammered in place
Close up of the clamping
Fitting the hot tyre
Tyre nearly in place
The second tyre being hammered in place
Clamping the wheel down
Tail vice and dog
Sawing off the spoke ends
An example of the wheelwrights art
Laying the wheel on the tyring stand
A pile of iron hubs
Fitting the felloes together
Welding a hub band
Using a press on the tyre join
Large bow saw in use on spoke ends
Using a rasp to shape a notch
Shaped handles just made.
Preparing the wheel for tyring
Fitting a heated tyre on the wheel
Field gun wheels
Drawknife in use
An example of wheel making in the past
Close up of the hub
Trimming the felloes to shape with a drawknife
Detail of a 12 spoked wheel
A wheel in need of repair
A taper auger in use boring a wheel hub
Welding the tyre
Trimming the felloes
Detail of the wheel
Shaping with a drawknife
Boring a hub with a taper auger
Wheel awaiting a tyre
Clamping the tyre ready for welding
A few finishing taps
Wheel in position for the tyre
Cleaning up the tyre
Field gun wheels
Letting off steam
Initial shaping
A long job in hand in the wheelwrights shop.
Welding
A traveller in use on the wheel.
Newly made wheel awaiting a tyre
Shaping an adze handle
Cooling the tyre down
Using a rasp
Cleaning up
European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Cooling the hot tyre
Marking out a felloe
The hot tyre in place
Trimming with a drawknife
Second tyre being hammered into place
Drawknife in use on the felloes
Cooling down
Welding the tyre
The first stage in shaping
Checking the tyre circumference
A few finishing touches to the second tyre
Drawknife in use again.
Bow saw in use cleaning up spoke ends
Using a taper auger on a wheel hub
There is a wheel somewhere under the steam
Hammering the tyre into place
Using a chipping hammer
Welding a tyre
Boring a hub the traditional way
Second tyre nearly in place
An interesting wheel!
Applying a hot tyre
Sawing off the spoke ends
Cleaning up the tyre
Drawknife in use
Cleaning up the weld
Checking the tyre is properly fitted.
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