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