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