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