This video brings back fond memories, my father was the last wheelwright in our area when I was a small boy seventy five years ago. He ran a long founded family business of joiners, wheelwrights, and undertakers. Everything made was done by hand or with hand operated basic machinery, no power tools whatsoever. The local blacksmith rented his workshop from my father and the blacksmith made and fitted the metal tyres or rims to the wheels, as well as shoeing big Shire and Clydesdale cart horses. I vividly remember the smoke and smell of fitting the rims as well as the smoke and smell of the blacksmith bedding in hot shoes to the horses hooves. His rims were forge and anvil welded and riveted, not electric arc as in this video.

@steveibeanthewheelwright

9 ай бұрын

Hi thanks for sharing your thoughts, it sounds like an idyllic set up, can I recommend a book to you? The Wheelwrights shop by George sturt It tells the story of an old wheelwrights shop just like your fathers and is written by the Son as he took over the shop when his farther retired, its a great bit of history of old England and beautifully written I am sure you will love it!

@inhphuongnguyen7562

6 ай бұрын

@@steveibeanthewheelwright -👍👍👍🌹🌹🌹🍀🍀🍀❤️❤️❤️

@davidmusson9488

6 ай бұрын

Great vídeo. My grandfather was a wheelwright in the British army for many years. Unfortunately, I never got to meet him, but it's nice to see what he did

My grandfather was a blacksmith and wheelwright in Eudunda, South Australia from 1890. My mother remembered watching him and his tradesmen making the wheels in his workshop before she went off to school in the mornings. Thank you for a wonderful insight into some of my ancestor's trade.

My Great, Great, Great Grandfather was a Wheelwright. He was also blind. Loved watching.

Great video. True Craftsmanship.

Thank you much for keeping up this historical heritage.marvellous and precise job.

Bloody excellent, and never a word spoken til the very end. Beautifully filmed, too. There was a wheelwright in my village when I were a lad - you've taken me back 75 years ! What pleasure you've given to thousands.

Back in the good ole days, all of the carriages, horse drawn, and horse lessons, all had wooden wheels, by Golly!

Wonderful seeing the old crafts, the wheelrights were very skilful. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

The most skilfull woodwork I have ever seen some of the tools used are so traditional, the ability of the tradesman is exceptional and the confidence in his measures so exact. I have to say that this video should be put in a capsule for th future.

Beautiful work and amazing woodworking machines. It never fails to amaze watching a truly fine craftsman. Thanks.

@giovannitormen8811

Жыл бұрын

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I don’t know if you might call that last step “shoeing” the wheel, but it was so satisfying to watch.

I'm in the process of making my own 2/3 scale wagon for our garden. I'm amazed at how something that looks so simple is actually quite a complex undertaking. I never would have even attempted it without the great help of KZread clips like this. It's much easier to do things after you've seen how a master does it. Thanks so much for taking the time and energy to share your knowledge.

@viniciozancai8796

Жыл бұрын

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@gertbecker2270

Жыл бұрын

Bodypainting

If you liked this video then please subscribe because we have made another film following the making of a hand cart wheel, it will be finished and uploaded soon .watch this space.

I am a retired Joiner but this is truly at another level, this has been an Honour to watch and I take my hat off to you. Thank you - Brian.

@bernardojaramillo6920

6 жыл бұрын

bpk77 khan .

No wonder this profession earned it's practitioners respectable last names... Wheelwright and Cartwright. Not an easy job at all! Great to see it preserved.

Nice work, not hurry but quality! GLORY TO WORKER'S HANDS!

Настолько тонкое и точное это мастерство ! Карандашом несколько раз проводят, так как с 3-х раз будет среднеарифметический и оптимальный размер- линия спила. Всё я пропускаю через себя и восхищаюсь глубоким умением большого мастера ! Браво!

@elbertfreeman8124

Жыл бұрын

English spoken here

The very first ancestor of mine (William Goose [Ganz/Gans]) in Kentucky was Kentucky's first wheelwright. He made wagons and wheels for the pioneer families, even including cousin Daniel Boone. This is why I was grateful to see this film and understand more of the skills my ancestors had over 230+ years ago. I appreciate that this video did not have explanations because countless videos have audio or language issues. There was pure skill in the workmanship of the wheel that was made in the video. I further appreciated that we only had to see a few of the things that we know he had to repeat all of the way around. It kept the video moving forward. Thanks for sharing the valuable and historical skills. Best wishes, Brennan

Thank you for posting such a great video. I was glued to the screen. So many small marking details that are so important for the final wheel to come out perfect. A trade that is not shown enough around the world. Once again a massive thanks

My grandfather made wheels back in the forties using nothing but hand tools, no electricity in rural areas of Ireland at the time. Not only did he make the wheels he made the entire cart. People using ONLY hand tools back then were the real craftsmen . Hard laborious work, good memories.

@arqueros66441

Жыл бұрын

If your grandfather had electricity and electric tools readily available and decided to use them in order to be more efficient, would you then not recognize his skills and craftsmanship?

Great to see a REAL video to learn from. NO SYNTH & DRUM garbage music, or any music. Just what I needed to watch! There are some beautiful machines in that shop! Note, the guy still has all his fingers, there's a REAL craftsman right there.

Apsolutely riveting viewing from start to finish, I have subscribed and going back to view all others. I’m a carpenter for the last 45 years and still love watching other trades working 👍

Bravo à ce Monsieur qui avec des outils traditionnelle et capable de faire ce travail , tout a la main . Prenez en de la graine messieurs les ingénieurs, qui avec vos super ordinateur et vos machines numérique , vous êtes encore capable de faire des pièces défectueuses . Honte à vous ,et respect a ce Monsieur .

I always thought of KZread as just being entertainment but after watching this Video i realized it were a lot more than that. It has effectively saved an old craft from slipping into history. There was a time when to make a wooden wheel would take a 3-4 yr apprenticeship and all of the knowledge was passed down by hands on teaching. But through videos like this these crafts will never be lost. Thankyou

@steveibeanthewheelwright

8 жыл бұрын

thank you

@ernestocajayo2129

6 жыл бұрын

Geoff Smale

As the gaps on the wheel were closing the gap in my mouth opened, wow good craftsmanship as well as good video editing. Brilliant work all-round and thank you for no music.

@aloiziochagas4337

2 жыл бұрын

este sapato e de couro ou corim

My great grandfather duplicated antique furniture in a shop with much similar equipment. As a child I played with the oak shavings from the floor. Today as I approach my retirement years I am building out my own shop and developing my own skills with craftsman and arts and crafts furniture design. We need more of this. These skills will be lost without a new generation of apprentices. The products a craftsman can produce often will last several generations providing people appreciate and care for them. Thank you for sharing your exceptional skills and craftsmanship. Thank you for the journey back down memory lane! Absolutely wonderful.

@steveibeanthewheelwright

8 ай бұрын

Thank you,

What you do is amazing, my jaw was on the ground the entire video.. Great job

if this is not the art of wheelmaking -- then nothing is!! thank you for the show and for the video.

@rajkumar-fb4cm

6 жыл бұрын

Toly ζκο λ ρ

Не перевелись ещё мастера ,живо ещё доброе старое ремесло . Большое спасибо за сёмку.

Nice video. I've done quite a bit of family history research. In 1836 my 4x great grandad, William Henshaw who was a blacksmith, and his brother who was a wheelwright set up the Stockport Lurry Works on Wellington Road North, Heaton Norris. They made tradesman's vehicles, and did repairs. They sold to all parts of the country, and were even known overseas too. The company was carried on by William's son, grandson, and I think great grandson too. Thank you.

@steveibeanthewheelwright

2 ай бұрын

Thats nice, my father has been studying our family tree and and we recently discovered that we are descended from James Brindley ,the Victorian engineer from Staffordshire who built alot of the first canals he started out as a wheelwright and then became a millwright where he met Josiah Wedgwood and started on his journey designing and building canals, I am from Stoke on Trent and did my apprenticeship in wheelwrighting with a chap from chinley in Derbyshire just a few miles from where James grew up. Small world!!

Прекрасная работа настоящего колёсного мастера и профессионала!!! Как будто окунулся в счастливое детство

Wow! This is a video to archieve safely , in a vault , so we don t forget how it s made. And the perfect sound of that well crafted wooden wheel bouncing on the ground is music to my ear! Bravo!

@steveibeanthewheelwright

8 жыл бұрын

☺☺☺

@robertwalther28

8 жыл бұрын

Don't forget the videos for mining iron ore and creating coke for the Bessemer converters and the mixtures of iron, cobalt , et al, in contro furnaces at 2200+ degrees F. And the forges for the steel tools plus the electric motors and the power generation stations and ....

@robertwalther28

8 жыл бұрын

and after the collapse of the tech civilization, what exactly are you going to view these videos on. Assuming that the religious fanatics do not burn you at the stake as a witch...?

@dorisjeffers1044

8 жыл бұрын

+Robert Walther Have you lost your mind, what are you talking about? This man did a masterful job and you come in with that kind of junk? You need help!

@ronelyntaneo6307

8 жыл бұрын

remember, death by wheel was a common penalty. take a try and you will see it still works ;-)

Thanks for for taking the time to video and post this. The geometry seems so simple when it's laid out by someone who understands it. I especially admired your jigs and special tools. Watching this just eased the stress of a difficult day. I also applaud the lack of background music. Thanks again.

My grandfather started to work in his brother's cart workshop in 1927, when he was 14. At these times they were turning the bandsaw by hand - the senior apprentice on a lower wheel, my granddad on the upper wheel and the master cutting. Later he used to turn wheelhubs on a foot-driven turning machine, like the oldstyle sewing machines. They used to joke with my Granny about him, kickin all night in his dreams. He worked as a carpenter all his life and died at 81.

Przyjemnie zobaczyć jak to robią mistrzowie. Thank you very much !

@anibaltribino2780

Жыл бұрын

N n i n n i ň n u 88

A privilege to view such craftsmanship. Thank You.

I'm an amateur wood worker and I have to say this is the best and most enjoyable 35 minutes or so I've had in a long time. There's just one problem....it makes me realise just what an amateur I really am.

The mark of a master craftsman is making a difficult job look easy , & this is a perfect demonstration of this .

Bravo à cet artisan, et j'admire encore plus les charrons qui faisaient des roues de grande taille , 2 mètres et plus, sans avoir toutes ces machines modernes. Outils à bois et forge. Chapeau !

There are no words to explain this wonderful activity. Wish this team long live!

Beautiful! Inspiring, to think about the whole evolution of the wheel!

What an artist! Bravissimo!

My grandmother told me about my great-grandfather who was a „Stellmacher“, a wheelwright in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in Germany. At that time all this work was done with handtools, e.g. spokeshaves and a shaving-horse. Thank you for the memories that fantastic video brought to me!

@dietermontanez6576

4 жыл бұрын

yes and all this German craftsmen are still around ... the US versions keep-up but in Germany it is still an institution .. I have a PHD... 7 years took me to get it .. but before I spend another 7 years to become a master in a metallurgic trade (boy I remember endless hours filing on metal pieces until those fit by the 0.01 mm) afterwards I went to university and studied mechanical and electrical engineering up to PHD another 7 years. Basically I learned how to do things the right way and spend good old elbow grease... and afterwards I learned how and why things work and train my brain.

That is an amazing skill. One could never imagine the amount of work and technique that goes into creating a single wagon wheel. And that's With modern machinery (i.e. plunge mortising) and arc welders etc. Nice work. Excellent Video.

@mehdiigrishta8631

7 жыл бұрын

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@manopawaer3564

7 жыл бұрын

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Watched them being made several times at DOLLYWOOD. Really enjoyed the square hole being drilled in this video. A craftsman like this really helped us get out west.

I used to love to go to Pigeon Forge, Tennessee to DollyWood and watch the WHEEL WRIGHTS and the GREEN-SAND CASTORS, and the BROOM MAKERS do their crafts. There's just something about watching someone do it the old way without automation! Realizing this was the way it was done all the time before machines were made to do it fast. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CRAFT and for making and posting this video. And thanks for using the actual background noises instead of music drowning it out. Folk now-a-days don't understand, that when you're watching crafts, yiu NEED to hear the sounds made doing it. That's part of it. If yiu ate chili, it catches the occasional poot, too. Folks use music instead of actual sounds and I just turn off the sound all together, so if they say something, I'll never know it.

Great job .Love to see craftsmen like this. My Grandfather worked for Guinness in Dublin as a Cooper ( Barrel Maker ) Another dying trade.

@brandonbentley5453

2 жыл бұрын

Did tour of Guiness and they told us the barrels come from Jack Daniels and others as seconds...

Great video. And thanks for not ruining it with obnoxious music

Excellent Video I'am a motor engineer from a blacksmith and farrier fore fathers and used watch my father and grand father making the iron rims and fitting them to farm cart wheels. Your workshop is amazing and all the tools of the trade have not been lost. Better than the TV.

I know little , ok , nothing of the wheelwright , but that film was an absolute pleasure .

Уважаю таких людей, которые сами делают, на совесть на века, мужик талант

Thanks for the video it was very interesting and you are sir a fine craftsmen.Even with the aid of some power tools it's still very challenging.I'm a metal machinist and love watching state of the art CNC machines but it's nice to see how things were done the old fashion way.

Charron, un des plus beaux métiers que je connaisse, travail du bois et du métal ! Et imaginez , le temps où le bois était usiné à la main, sans machine électrique, et le métal soudé à la forge... Merci Monsieur de nous avoir montré votre Savoir-faire devenu rare, tellement rare 🖐️ Joli reportage ! 🙏💐👍

Superbly done! That's a ton of work you've done there. I really liked the spoke squeezer tool. Very nicely done video and fun to watch!

Magnificent skillful work!

Настолько тонкое и точное это мастерство ! Карандашом несколько раз проводят, так как с 3-х раз будет среднеарифметический и оптимальный размер- линия спила. Всё я пропускаю через себя и восхищаюсь глубоким умением большого мастера ! Браво! Также- инструменты и машины - всё есть. У настоящего мастера ! Thank you .

BLESSED ARE THESE HANDS AND HEART - THANKS FOR SHARING YOUR KNOWLEDGE. ALL THE WAY FROM BRAZIL.

очень хорошая работа.на каждый процесс есть приспособление , работа мастера всей жизни...

very beautiful view

golden hands god bless you .thanx for this video i ve alwas wondered my self how a whhel just frow wood could travel all usa east to the far west in those western films .i had to waite 50 years to know that art .thanx master

I remember watching this being done back in the 1980's on a PBS program, but, in that program it took a team of craftsmen to make a wheel like this. I love watching this kind of project from start to finish. And I get cocky about replacing the rotted trim on my backyard shed. Oh, I'm a girl. I do all the traditional (from my era "traditional") girl stuff, sewing, cooking. But, when I was a teen, I wanted to take "shop" classes, but for girls "it just wasn't done" back then.

Thank You for a fine show of true craftsmanship.. Your collection of special machinery is awesome, and your quiet competence is even more so. God Bless You.

@constantinchisaroiu1009

3 жыл бұрын

8. h be h

A real pleasure to watch someone that knows what they are doing.

Beautiful craftsmanship incredible talent.

Nice to see the old trades still being undertaken. My great grandfather and grandfather were wheelwrights in Salford Quays Manchester and my father described them making a wheel just as in the video. I have inherited manual skills and was the only person I know who did A level Woodwork. My Grandfather closed the business before I was an adult so I never had a chance to see it.

@davidswanson5669

Жыл бұрын

This might be an odd question, but how is it that there aren’t a lot of last names called “Wheelwright”? So many other trades bequeathed their title to their family name, but not this one. Or perhaps there are people with that last name?

Thanks! Brings back lots of memories.My dad did this as an extra income on our farm. There was no electricity, and everything shown in your video had to be done by hand with handtools, which I still have most of. The metal band was bought in straight lengths, and had to be heated in a furnace section by section and formed into a hoop on the anvil and hammer. The ends were then heated to almost melting point (sparks shooting out of the ends) and then fused together by hammering into shape. Dried cowpats worked best for heating up the hoop, which was my job to go and pick up in the veld.

Craftsmanship of the highest order. Well worth a repeat viewing.

i know nothing about the wheel making but your studio is truly blessed with light.

Интересная технология, никогда раньше не видел. Спасибо за познавательное видео!

@user-mf8el9hb1j

4 жыл бұрын

У меня брат тоже так делает деревянные колёса из дерева дуба,трудоёмкий и сложная работа да и долгий процесс. Татарстан.Спасибо за такое видео.

@famamahnatov95

2 жыл бұрын

Добре💃

@alainbouvier7503

2 жыл бұрын

ß

@user-tp2zj4hr1e

2 жыл бұрын

Только между спицами ещё надо заклёпки ставить - колесо усохнет и обруч спадёт. Атак молодец !!! Лайк

@user-mg6wx3fk1p

2 жыл бұрын

@@user-tp2zj4hr1e , «авось не усохнеть…». Видос, конечно, залипательный. Я подумал про него: счастливый человек…

You are the man, what amazing skill and craftmanship. I loved the video especially as there was no inain background music. Thank you for sharing this with us.

Wow!! Ever since as a little boy, I've always wondered how do they make the wagon wheels. Now I know. I'm sure just to make one wheel it take 100 hours or so, maybe more. But great job!! This is a dying tradition. Not many people do this anymore.

UN MESTER CARE LUCREAZA CU HAR DE LA DUMNEZEU MESTER FOARTE PRICEPUT SI PRETIOS.BRAVO.

Отличная работа! Excelent work!!!

That is skill right there . A pleasure to watch.

@Fraususemil

8 жыл бұрын

No more to say. Amazing, isn't it.

@jimmydcox8983

7 жыл бұрын

logging in southern orehgon

@fernandosantos-lt2in

5 жыл бұрын

Geradoreolico

WOW!!! Imagine this having to be done in the olden days with ni power tools? They STILL did it to perfection, even though it may have taken much longer, the craftsmanship was held at a much higher standard. They knew people's lives and livelyhoods were on the line and in their hands. I've always been fasinated at how thuis was done. Thank you so much for this awesome video tutorial!

@rahmikaratas2802

2 жыл бұрын

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Дай бог Вам здоровья, спасибо за такое видео, многие и не знают что раньше эти колеса на брички ставили. А на телегах передвигались и груз возили

Congratulations....You're keeping alive a lost art....Thanks for share....From Brasil.

My impatient self had to watch the whole video. Beautiful work there. Thanks for sharing.

Great job guys! Would really make my day to see the complete wagon build, thank you.

Gupta say this is a piece of art ….I to am a self thought trades person who started out building houses then on to cabinets and then stairs that I gained a lot of nuggets from other trades people ,as life went on ,then I can,t forget to mention when I would go to bed and thank God for my health and strength and for a safe day then into my sleep I would go …..a lot of my question on how to do things would come to me in my sleep 💤 but this wheel building thing has captured my eye I, am 75 years old and want to try this …way ta go guzz I,am impressed … be sure to thank God for your knowledge and keep rolling , and if you haven’t excepted him as your saviour please don’t leave it to late .. He loves you John 3 :16

Excellent job, congratulations to this gentleman and he's job, if I could I give ten likes…!!

Very good video and detailed work steps. Master of the manufacturer and also good director and filmmaker. Beautifully made instructions.

What a real nice work! I've never seen bevore.

Talk about quality, newbies should learn from the masters such as this guy. Cheers!!!

Классная работа. Приятно смотреть на такого мастера.

That was amazing how clever they were with so much skill & patience

Merci, Monsieur pour cette magnifique video, "food for the soul".

Hi steveibean. I am from a little village in central Morocco, where a europeen do same thing in the past, infortunatly there was no relieving. for this reason I am so happy for young man in the end of video. Congratulations for this great job. Thank you very mutch for sharing your own science. God bless you !!!!!

Excellent watching a master at work

Bravo. Watching your vidéo made me réalisé why our grand parents could notre take things for granted

It was such a pleasure to watch this video. Steveibean, you have gold in your hands! Making such a wheel requires so much precision, so much skill. Simply incredible. I liked it from A to Z. Only the smell of wood was missing. Thank you for those nice moments where fascination makes you forget everything. This video is an efficient médicine against nervous breakdown or burn out. Should be paid back by social insurance.

Wow. 30 year cabinet maker here and i now want to make a wagon wheel. Very impressive...

Magnifique vidéo très grand savoir faire , un vrai plaisir à regardé. Bravo et MERCI

Espetacular! Fantástico! Incrível! O talento, a habilidade e o dom deste artista, é admirável por todos os que, como eu, amam o trabalho de transformar a materia prima, em obra de arte. Os meus mais sinceros parabéns pela sua obra de perfeição, feita com esmero talento.

уважение мастеру , крепкого здоровья, долголетия. и чтобы профессия не исчезла !

Прекрасное видео я вернулся на 50 лет в прошлое, мой отец так делал колёса для колхозных телег, только разница он делал всё это вручную и из дуба. А технологические операции одни и те же.Спасибо за видео Beautiful video I went back 50 years in the past, my father made wheels for collective farm carts, only the difference is that he did it all by hand and from oak. And the technological operations are the same.Thank you for the video

Great work you are a craftsmen in art that goes back to invention of the wheel. You must feel like a member of a special tribe with huge history. Steel pins in the felloes means it must be a strong wheel. I suppose the hub bearing is wheel specific we did not see that being fitted but customer may want bearings or plain greased shaft. We truly stand on the shoulders of giants, without wheels like this in the past we would not be watching this now. Thank You enjoyed a lot.

You are a master! Thanks for sharing

Absolutely fascinating to watch. I came on just to take a glimpse and was riveted to the screen to the very end. You, sir, are a master craftsman.

@tanpengjoo7205

8 жыл бұрын

i wish i could visit him to learn this skill

@sedenter

7 жыл бұрын

+Tan peng joo yes indeed, there's a lot to learn from these craftsmen. Congrats, beautiful work!

@tanpengjoo7205

7 жыл бұрын

can give me his address , i will visit him when i retire . i am a carpenter myself when i first started my career making wardrobe and kitchen cabinet .

@jagdishrathod3154

7 жыл бұрын

no

@muhammedhalus6614

7 жыл бұрын

eugen dragos safta

Amazing skill and craftmanship.