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