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