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