Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Using a press on the tyre
European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Detail of a 12 spoked wheel
Cleaning up
Preparing the wheel for tyring
Tail vice and dog
Drawknife in use on the felloes
A taper auger in use boring a wheel hub
Close up of the hub
Cooling down while the trye is hammered in place
Checking the tyre is properly fitted.
Drawknife in use again.
Drawknife in use
A traveller in use on the wheel.
Shaping with a rasp
A long job in hand in the wheelwrights shop.
A wheel in need of repair
Shaping with a rasp
Shaping an adze handle
Cooling the hot tyre
Checking the tyre circumference
Shaped handles just made.
Welding a hub band
Drawknife in use
Welding the tyre
Second tyre nearly in place
Drawknife in use shaping
An example of the wheelwrights art
Hammering the tyre into place
Not just a wheelwright but a rakemaker too.
Applying a hot tyre
Trimming the felloes to shape with a drawknife
Clamping the tyre ready for welding
A few finishing taps
Sawing off the spoke ends
Cleaning up the tyre
Adzes awaiting handles
The second tyre being hammered in place
Cleaning up with an angle grinder
A pile of iron hubs
Welding the tyre
Clamped in place for tyring
Field gun wheels
A taper auger
Laying the wheel on the tyring stand
Cleaning up the weld
Tyre nearly in place
Using a rasp to shape a notch
A few finishing touches to the second tyre
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