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