European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Welding a hub band
Preparing the wheel for tyring
Still cooling off.
Checking the tyre is properly fitted.
Large bow saw in use on spoke ends
Hammering the tyre into place
The second tyre being hammered in place
Field gun wheels
Shaped handles just made.
Welding the tyre
Fitting the felloes together
Boring a hub the traditional way
An example of the wheelwrights art
Checking the size of the tyre with a traveller
Cooling down while the trye is hammered in place
A taper auger
Bow saw in use cleaning up spoke ends
Drawknife in use again.
Using a chipping hammer
Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Cleaning up
A traveller in use on the wheel.
An interesting wheel!
Sawing off the spoke ends
Initial shaping
Drawknife in use
Cleaning up with the drawknife
Newly made wheel awaiting a tyre
There is a wheel somewhere under the steam
Welding a hub band
Drawknife in use on the felloes
Welding a tyre
A wheel in need of repair
Using a rasp
Wheel awaiting a tyre
A pile of iron hubs
Detail of the wheel
Using a rasp to shape a notch
Clamped in place for tyring
Welding the tyre joint
Cooling the tyre down
A taper auger in use boring a wheel hub
Welding the tyre
Second tyre nearly in place
Cooling the hot tyre
Wheel in position for the tyre
Spot welding
A long job in hand in the wheelwrights shop.
Applying a hot tyre
Fitting the hot tyre
Cleaning up the felloes
Shaping with a drawknife
A few finishing taps
A 12 spoked wheel
Trimming with a drawknife
Laying the wheel on the tyring stand
Fitting a heated tyre on the wheel
Letting off steam
A corner of the wheelwrights shop
Close up of the clamping
Not just a wheelwright but a rakemaker too.
Cleaning up the tyre
Using a taper auger on a wheel hub
Second tyre being hammered into place
Cleaning up the weld
Field gun wheels
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