European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
A 12 spoked wheel
Initial shaping
Using a rasp to shape a notch
A taper auger in use boring a wheel hub
Cooling the tyre down
There is a wheel somewhere under the steam
Detail of the wheel
A pile of iron hubs
A taper auger
Tyre nearly in place
Field gun wheels
Letting off steam
Laying the wheel on the tyring stand
Checking the size of the tyre with a traveller
Marking out a felloe
Clamped in place for tyring
Shaped handles just made.
Drawknife in use
Sawing off the spoke ends
A wheel in need of repair
Welding the tyre
Dampening the flames
Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Trimming the felloes to shape with a drawknife
Welding a tyre
Field gun wheels
Applying a hot tyre
Wheel in position for the tyre
Welding
Shaping an adze handle
A corner of the wheelwrights shop
Drawknife in use on the felloes
Drawknife in use
Cleaning up with an angle grinder
Cleaning up with the drawknife
Adzes awaiting handles
Welding an iron band for a wheel hub
Boring a hub the traditional way
Checking the tyre circumference
Using a taper auger on a wheel hub
A few finishing taps
The second tyre being hammered in place
Cleaning up the weld
Fitting the hot tyre
Welding the tyre
Using a press on the tyre
Drawknife in use shaping
Welding a hub band
Using a rasp
Boring a hub with a taper auger
Trimming the felloes
A few finishing touches to the second tyre
Tail vice and dog
Cleaning up the tyre
Not just a wheelwright but a rakemaker too.
Shaping with a rasp
An example of wheel making in the past
Spot welding
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