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