European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Checking the tyre is properly fitted.
Bow saw in use cleaning up spoke ends
Cleaning up
Not just a wheelwright but a rakemaker too.
Trimming with a drawknife
The first stage in shaping
Cooling down while the trye is hammered in place
Drawknife in use again.
Drawknife in use shaping
Large bow saw in use on spoke ends
Welding
Initial shaping
Welding the tyre joint
Spot welding
A pile of iron hubs
An example of the wheelwrights art
The hot tyre in place
Shaping an adze handle
Drawknife in use on the felloes
Shaping with a rasp
A taper auger
Adzes awaiting handles
Cleaning up the weld
Shaped handles just made.
Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Cleaning up the tyre
Hammering the tyre into place
Boring a hub the traditional way
Cooling the hot tyre
Fitting a heated tyre on the wheel
Clamping the tyre ready for welding
A few finishing touches to the second tyre
Sawing off the spoke ends
Drawknife in use
Drawknife in use
Using a chipping hammer
Sawing off the spoke ends
Welding a tyre
A traveller in use on the wheel.
Using a rasp
Welding an iron band for a wheel hub
Preparing the wheel for tyring
Using a taper auger on a wheel hub
Cleaning up the felloes
Using a press on the tyre join
Marking out a felloe
Drawknife in use
Welding the tyre
Using a press on the tyre
There is a wheel somewhere under the steam
Using a rasp to shape a notch
An interesting wheel!
Fitting the felloes together
A few finishing taps
Cooling the tyre down
Second tyre being hammered into place
Tyre nearly in place
Checking the tyre circumference
A long job in hand in the wheelwrights shop.
Second tyre nearly in place
Trimming the felloes
Welding the tyre
Welding a hub band
Newly made wheel awaiting a tyre
Boring a hub with a taper auger
A taper auger in use boring a wheel hub
Shaping with a drawknife
Fitting the hot tyre
Shaping with a rasp
Clamped in place for tyring
Cleaning up with an angle grinder
Close up of the clamping
Dampening the flames
Cleaning up
Detail of the wheel
Checking the size of the tyre with a traveller
Still cooling off.
Wheel awaiting a tyre
Wheel in position for the tyre
A corner of the wheelwrights shop
Cleaning up with the drawknife
Clamping the wheel down
The second tyre being hammered in place
Trimming the felloes to shape with a drawknife
Welding the tyre
Cooling down
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