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