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