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