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