Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Welding
A long job in hand in the wheelwrights shop.
Using a taper auger on a wheel hub
Using a rasp to shape a notch
Large bow saw in use on spoke ends
Sawing off the spoke ends
Applying a hot tyre
Cooling down
Welding the tyre
Shaping with a rasp
An interesting wheel!
Cooling down while the trye is hammered in place
Tyre nearly in place
Using a press on the tyre
Welding an iron band for a wheel hub
The hot tyre in place
Checking the size of the tyre with a traveller
Trimming the felloes to shape with a drawknife
Close up of the hub
Detail of a 12 spoked wheel
Field gun wheels
Not just a wheelwright but a rakemaker too.
Sawing off the spoke ends
Second tyre nearly in place
Hammering the tyre into place
Cleaning up the tyre
An example of wheel making in the past
Cleaning up with the drawknife
The second tyre being hammered in place
Wheel in position for the tyre
Close up of the clamping
Checking the tyre circumference
Cleaning up
Spot welding
European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
The first stage in shaping
Cooling the hot tyre
Fitting a heated tyre on the wheel
Boring a hub the traditional way
Detail of the wheel
A taper auger in use boring a wheel hub
Laying the wheel on the tyring stand
Checking the tyre is properly fitted.
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