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