This Video follows the making of a pair of Hand cart wheels with iron hubs. It shows many of the processes involved in making a wooden wheel from start to finish.
Absolutely fab video, I love how the outer steel ring is fitted. I work in engineering...we have lasers and gauges etc...you have a wheel, a pencil, and a fire.
Dear Steve, what was amazing was how precisely all the components slipped together. No gaps. I guess the old adage: Measure once, measure twice and measure once again is what gave you a perfect fit. Magnificent craftsmanship. Every piece of the job went through a specific machine with jigs designed for the one job. It would be nice to have the shed space and equipment to set up similar work production schedules to make runs of whatever. All the best and thanks for sharing your craft.
What gets my attention the most is steel bed, the fitting with after there is no retainer to prevent slip. That is a an about science to know the heat/cold expansion and contraction of steel. Then it reminds me how concerned the handlers of such systems must of been with road conditions. I think they adapted slip pins or belts. Excellent video and workmanship, I agree.
A great video and superb workmanship! The only thing that bothered me was your having to use pliers on the trammel point. Aside from a set of trammel points, this was perfect. Love the measure in place for the final felloe. A true and perfect fit, I have to salute that.Good job and well done.
I can't believe it. I've actually seen a spoke shave being used on an actual spoke ! The attention to detail is mesmerising, and a complete joy to watch. Do you do courses where you teach people how to do this ? I'm not talking huge wheels like these, but maybe 6 spoke wheels about 2 ft in diameter for use on a toy that people got to make and take away with them. If not..... would you consider it if there was enough call for it please ?
Very Impressed ! My Gr Gr Grandfather was a wheelwright in the 1800s he started in Germany and continued his craft in Philadelphia . Best of luck to you enjoyed watching your video
I live in Lancaster, PA, the Amish couldn't do better. The most complex wooden wheel I saw was a single hub tandom wheel with wooden spokes offset like a bicycle wheel it was only about 18 inches in diameter but could handle 2 tons it was for a lowboy heavy duty work wagon with a team of 4 horses to draw it. And yes, the Amish use all power tools.
We are never too old to learn. I am more fascinated with learning now when I am in my 60s than when I was in my 20s and thought I knew everything worth knowing.
Magnifique !!!❤ Une roue en bois ça a de la gueule !et c'est écolo !!!les roues des Ford T étaient construites de cette façon ! Super costaud !!!👍 Merci pour cette vidéo ❤et vive le bois!!! Et longue vie au charron!!!👍👏🇬🇧
2:13 and over here we have Gothmog, the eater of hands. There aren't many tools I fear but shapers are scary and that is one scary ass shaper. Very cool process video. Thanks for posting.
Naaaa. He is wearing gloves for that operation.....LOL. Who needs a guard when you have shaper-proof gloves? Those tools were built before modern lawyers were invented.
Man Wish i Knew someone like this myself Sir Much Respect to you !! Would Pay just to Hang Out and Watch to Learn.. Only Problem with that is that I would Want to Help You & Learn Hands On !! Thank You So Much For Your TIME.. Happy Holidays to yo & Family....
Cutting arcs on the bandsaw: if you have the origin (centre) still on your workpiece, you can put a screw through it, into a board clamped onto the saw table, and use it as a pivot to cut the arc. This can also be done on the actual wheel parts (not just the template), although the setup is a little bit trickier.
Yes in theory you would think so. However in practice it doesn't work like that. We use the pattern so we can make the best use of the plank avoiding knots and other defects. Stacking the felloes one on top of the other to avoid waste. Also its more accurate to hand cut with the bandsaw blade as in reality however sharp the blade may be the grain of the wood will deviate the course of the blade somewhat and this can be compensated for by slight movements of the hands. The blank your cutting from would have to be very large for you to have the center of the radius to work from.
Brilhante talento; E para melhor conservação da madeira, costumo dar um banho de parafina quente depois de pronta as peças, para que quando expostas ao tempo, não venham a encharcar com a chuva; Principalmente nos topos da madeira;
beautiful work! I always wondered how they set the hub concentric with the outer wheel nut I see your s[oke drilling fixture sets with the length to the shoulder
Incredible craftsmanship..but it begs a few questions. Given the time and materials, these can't (and shouldn't) be cheap. So who's buying them, for what are they used and what is the price?
Так идеально все собрано и подогнано, что видимо даже не сомневаться. Плюс материал очень похож на дуб, и качество сушки у них, наверное сильно отличается от нашего. Да и дороги, в ихних европах...
So you leave a lip of the steel tire over the surrounding edge of the felloes. That keeps chipping and water away from the wood? I like the outside radius-camber of the metal tire; gives the finished work a certain charm and dynamic. Thanks
Прикинь сколько работы , а ведь наши деды и прадеды всё это вручную делали. Оно конечно такими станками сподручнее , да и кузница ненужна. А так классная работа.😊👍👏👏👏
Hi 100 years ago was the highlight of the industrial revolution. They made hundreds of wheels a day in large factories filled with rows of purpose made machines.
@@steveibeanthewheelwright I think Gary means the bracket that turns the portable drill into a stationary bench top drill motor into which you chucked in the drum sander.
You can't please all the people all of the time, lots of people like it because it has no narration, I am going to do a whole series about making and restoration of wooden wheels soon, there will be narration on these, so subscribe, in the mean time if there is anything you wantto know just ask me.
