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