European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Using a rasp
Not just a wheelwright but a rakemaker too.
Welding a tyre
A few finishing touches to the second tyre
Cleaning up with the drawknife
Fitting the felloes together
Still cooling off.
Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Welding a hub band
Marking out a felloe
Checking the tyre circumference
Applying a hot tyre
Field gun wheels
An example of wheel making in the past
Checking the tyre is properly fitted.
Trimming with a drawknife
Bow saw in use cleaning up spoke ends
Welding a hub band
Trimming the felloes
Fitting a heated tyre on the wheel
The second tyre being hammered in place
A corner of the wheelwrights shop
Large bow saw in use on spoke ends
Cleaning up
Detail of a 12 spoked wheel
Hammering the tyre into place
Welding the tyre
Drawknife in use
Drawknife in use on the felloes
Shaping with a rasp
Checking the size of the tyre with a traveller
Tail vice and dog
An example of the wheelwrights art
Cooling the tyre down
Trimming the felloes to shape with a drawknife
Using a taper auger on a wheel hub
Dampening the flames
Preparing the wheel for tyring
A wheel in need of repair
Fitting the hot tyre
A long job in hand in the wheelwrights shop.
A few finishing taps
Newly made wheel awaiting a tyre
Clamping the tyre ready for welding
Shaping with a drawknife
Welding an iron band for a wheel hub
Field gun wheels
Laying the wheel on the tyring stand
Cleaning up the tyre
Cleaning up
Cleaning up with an angle grinder
Sawing off the spoke ends
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