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