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