European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Trimming the felloes
Close up of the clamping
An interesting wheel!
Laying the wheel on the tyring stand
Large bow saw in use on spoke ends
Tail vice and dog
Marking out a felloe
Field gun wheels
There is a wheel somewhere under the steam
Drawknife in use on the felloes
Welding a hub band
Cleaning up
Wheel in position for the tyre
Cleaning up the weld
The hot tyre in place
Using a rasp
Detail of a 12 spoked wheel
Detail of the wheel
Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Adzes awaiting handles
Welding a tyre
A long job in hand in the wheelwrights shop.
Shaping with a rasp
Spot welding
Using a chipping hammer
A taper auger
Newly made wheel awaiting a tyre
A wheel in need of repair
Drawknife in use
Welding a hub band
Cleaning up with the drawknife
Cooling down
Boring a hub the traditional way
A traveller in use on the wheel.
A 12 spoked wheel
A few finishing touches to the second tyre
Preparing the wheel for tyring
Welding the tyre joint
Fitting the hot tyre
The second tyre being hammered in place
Clamping the wheel down
Drawknife in use
Cleaning up
Sawing off the spoke ends
Cleaning up the tyre
Still cooling off.
Drawknife in use again.
Letting off steam
Cleaning up the tyre
Drawknife in use
Welding
Cooling the tyre down
Hammering the tyre into place
Second tyre nearly in place
Using a taper auger on a wheel hub
Fitting the felloes together
Sawing off the spoke ends
Drawknife in use shaping
Close up of the hub
Shaped handles just made.
Wheel awaiting a tyre
Checking the tyre is properly fitted.
Dampening the flames
Welding the tyre
An example of wheel making in the past
Trimming with a drawknife
Boring a hub with a taper auger
A corner of the wheelwrights shop
Fitting a heated tyre on the wheel
Tyre nearly in place
Clamped in place for tyring
Using a press on the tyre join
Cooling the hot tyre
Clamping the tyre ready for welding
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