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