European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Still cooling off.
Welding a hub band
Trimming the felloes to shape with a drawknife
A taper auger in use boring a wheel hub
Tail vice and dog
An example of wheel making in the past
Sawing off the spoke ends
An interesting wheel!
Shaped handles just made.
Welding the tyre joint
Welding a hub band
Fitting the hot tyre
Close up of the hub
Not just a wheelwright but a rakemaker too.
Cooling the tyre down
Newly made wheel awaiting a tyre
Using a press on the tyre join
Fitting the felloes together
Drawknife in use on the felloes
A few finishing touches to the second tyre
The hot tyre in place
Clamping the tyre ready for welding
Trimming with a drawknife
Detail of a 12 spoked wheel
A wheel in need of repair
Preparing the wheel for tyring
Cooling down
Cleaning up
Trimming the felloes
Cleaning up the felloes
Using a press on the tyre
Welding a tyre
Tyre nearly in place
Checking the size of the tyre with a traveller
Using a taper auger on a wheel hub
A few finishing taps
Second tyre being hammered into place
Checking the tyre circumference
Cooling the hot tyre
Shaping with a drawknife
Using a rasp to shape a notch
A 12 spoked wheel
Wheel in position for the tyre
Shaping with a rasp
The first stage in shaping
Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Cleaning up the tyre
Initial shaping
Clamped in place for tyring
Cleaning up the weld
Cleaning up with an angle grinder
Welding the tyre
Wheel awaiting a tyre
Welding the tyre
Using a chipping hammer
Drawknife in use again.
Sawing off the spoke ends
Close up of the clamping
Clamping the wheel down
Boring a hub with a taper auger
Welding an iron band for a wheel hub
Dampening the flames
Laying the wheel on the tyring stand
Adzes awaiting handles
Detail of the wheel
Spot welding
Welding
Fitting a heated tyre on the wheel
Shaping an adze handle
A taper auger
Cleaning up the tyre
Second tyre nearly in place
An example of the wheelwrights art
Shaping with a rasp
Applying a hot tyre
There is a wheel somewhere under the steam
Cleaning up
Cleaning up with the drawknife
The second tyre being hammered in place
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