European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Welding the tyre
Preparing the wheel for tyring
Clamping the wheel down
Using a rasp to shape a notch
Hammering the tyre into place
A taper auger in use boring a wheel hub
A taper auger
Drawknife in use
Cleaning up the weld
Fitting the hot tyre
Dampening the flames
Drawknife in use again.
Welding the tyre joint
Spot welding
Trimming the felloes to shape with a drawknife
Using a taper auger on a wheel hub
Bow saw in use cleaning up spoke ends
An interesting wheel!
Boring a hub the traditional way
Welding
Fitting a heated tyre on the wheel
Drawknife in use on the felloes
Checking the size of the tyre with a traveller
Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
A pile of iron hubs
A traveller in use on the wheel.
Tail vice and dog
Shaping with a rasp
Cleaning up
Sawing off the spoke ends
Cleaning up the felloes
Applying a hot tyre
Not just a wheelwright but a rakemaker too.
Fitting the felloes together
Detail of a 12 spoked wheel
Using a press on the tyre join
Tyre nearly in place
The first stage in shaping
Welding a hub band
An example of wheel making in the past
Using a rasp
Drawknife in use
Second tyre nearly in place
A few finishing touches to the second tyre
Using a press on the tyre
Cooling down while the trye is hammered in place
Cleaning up with an angle grinder
Cooling the hot tyre
Welding a tyre
Field gun wheels
A wheel in need of repair
Second tyre being hammered into place
Boring a hub with a taper auger
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