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