Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Sawing off the spoke ends
European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Adzes awaiting handles
Drawknife in use again.
Drawknife in use
An example of wheel making in the past
There is a wheel somewhere under the steam
Tail vice and dog
Second tyre nearly in place
Letting off steam
Wheel in position for the tyre
Cleaning up the tyre
Close up of the hub
Cooling down while the trye is hammered in place
Trimming the felloes
A taper auger in use boring a wheel hub
Shaping with a drawknife
Spot welding
Using a rasp
Welding
Using a taper auger on a wheel hub
An interesting wheel!
Applying a hot tyre
Drawknife in use on the felloes
Large bow saw in use on spoke ends
Using a rasp to shape a notch
The first stage in shaping
A traveller in use on the wheel.
Wheel awaiting a tyre
Laying the wheel on the tyring stand
Fitting the hot tyre
Welding a hub band
Cleaning up the felloes
Shaping with a rasp
Cooling down
Shaping with a rasp
Cleaning up the tyre
Cooling the tyre down
A long job in hand in the wheelwrights shop.
A few finishing taps
Drawknife in use
Cleaning up with the drawknife
Welding the tyre
Drawknife in use shaping
Welding the tyre
Checking the tyre is properly fitted.
Welding an iron band for a wheel hub
A pile of iron hubs
Still cooling off.
Trimming with a drawknife
Trimming the felloes to shape with a drawknife
Using a chipping hammer
Clamping the tyre ready for welding
Detail of a 12 spoked wheel
Close up of the clamping
Drawknife in use
Preparing the wheel for tyring
Tyre nearly in place
Using a press on the tyre join
Cleaning up the weld
Shaping an adze handle
Boring a hub with a taper auger
Cleaning up
Using a press on the tyre
Welding the tyre joint
An example of the wheelwrights art
Checking the tyre circumference
Fitting a heated tyre on the wheel
Boring a hub the traditional way
Field gun wheels
Shaped handles just made.
Checking the size of the tyre with a traveller
Cleaning up
The hot tyre in place
Second tyre being hammered into place
Dampening the flames
Sawing off the spoke ends
A corner of the wheelwrights shop
Newly made wheel awaiting a tyre
A 12 spoked wheel
Cleaning up with an angle grinder
A few finishing touches to the second tyre
Cooling the hot tyre
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