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