European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
There is a wheel somewhere under the steam
Welding a tyre
A taper auger
Cooling down
Checking the tyre circumference
Hammering the tyre into place
Clamping the tyre ready for welding
Checking the tyre is properly fitted.
Laying the wheel on the tyring stand
Preparing the wheel for tyring
Shaping with a rasp
Clamped in place for tyring
Fitting the felloes together
Shaped handles just made.
Large bow saw in use on spoke ends
Applying a hot tyre
Welding
Drawknife in use on the felloes
Tyre nearly in place
Using a press on the tyre join
Fitting the hot tyre
A traveller in use on the wheel.
Trimming with a drawknife
Trimming the felloes to shape with a drawknife
Detail of a 12 spoked wheel
Using a taper auger on a wheel hub
Fitting a heated tyre on the wheel
Close up of the clamping
Using a rasp
Shaping with a drawknife
Cleaning up the weld
Cleaning up the tyre
Wheel in position for the tyre
An interesting wheel!
Cleaning up with an angle grinder
Sawing off the spoke ends
Wheel awaiting a tyre
Cleaning up the tyre
Cooling down while the trye is hammered in place
Welding the tyre
Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Cooling the hot tyre
Cleaning up
Detail of the wheel
Marking out a felloe
Drawknife in use
Welding a hub band
Not just a wheelwright but a rakemaker too.
A few finishing taps
Field gun wheels
Welding the tyre
Cleaning up with the drawknife
Drawknife in use
Boring a hub with a taper auger
Bow saw in use cleaning up spoke ends
Dampening the flames
Welding the tyre joint
Letting off steam
Tail vice and dog
Drawknife in use shaping
Spot welding
The hot tyre in place
Cooling the tyre down
Welding the tyre
Using a press on the tyre
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