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