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