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