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