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