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