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