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