European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
A few finishing taps
Fitting the hot tyre
Wheel in position for the tyre
Checking the tyre circumference
Letting off steam
Close up of the hub
The first stage in shaping
Drawknife in use
Welding an iron band for a wheel hub
Dampening the flames
Initial shaping
An example of wheel making in the past
Cooling down while the trye is hammered in place
Large bow saw in use on spoke ends
Welding the tyre
Trimming the felloes
Cleaning up the weld
Second tyre nearly in place
Welding a tyre
A wheel in need of repair
Detail of the wheel
Checking the size of the tyre with a traveller
Welding
Drawknife in use on the felloes
Cleaning up with an angle grinder
A 12 spoked wheel
Shaping with a drawknife
Using a press on the tyre join
The second tyre being hammered in place
Tail vice and dog
Second tyre being hammered into place
Checking the tyre is properly fitted.
Cooling down
Drawknife in use shaping
Wheel awaiting a tyre
Fitting the felloes together
Detail of a 12 spoked wheel
Close up of the clamping
Not just a wheelwright but a rakemaker too.
Spot welding
Adzes awaiting handles
Cleaning up
A pile of iron hubs
Cleaning up the tyre
Clamping the tyre ready for welding
Bow saw in use cleaning up spoke ends
Tyre nearly in place
Shaping with a rasp
Hammering the tyre into place
Field gun wheels
Using a chipping hammer
Newly made wheel awaiting a tyre
The hot tyre in place
Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Trimming the felloes to shape with a drawknife
Welding a hub band
A traveller in use on the wheel.
An interesting wheel!
Fitting a heated tyre on the wheel
Shaping with a rasp
Preparing the wheel for tyring
Using a rasp
Using a rasp to shape a notch
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