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