European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Not just a wheelwright but a rakemaker too.
Wheel awaiting a tyre
Preparing the wheel for tyring
Welding
Using a rasp to shape a notch
Shaping with a rasp
The hot tyre in place
Shaping an adze handle
Initial shaping
Using a press on the tyre join
Boring a hub with a taper auger
A long job in hand in the wheelwrights shop.
Clamping the wheel down
Field gun wheels
Clamped in place for tyring
Using a rasp
Close up of the hub
Cleaning up
Cleaning up with an angle grinder
Boring a hub the traditional way
Spot welding
Field gun wheels
Still cooling off.
Checking the size of the tyre with a traveller
Welding the tyre
Cleaning up the tyre
Using a press on the tyre
A taper auger in use boring a wheel hub
Close up of the clamping
Trimming with a drawknife
Cleaning up
A 12 spoked wheel
Welding a tyre
Cooling the tyre down
Drawknife in use shaping
Wheel in position for the tyre
Shaping with a drawknife
Cleaning up with the drawknife
Sawing off the spoke ends
Fitting the felloes together
A pile of iron hubs
Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
The second tyre being hammered in place
Fitting the hot tyre
Tyre nearly in place
Trimming the felloes to shape with a drawknife
Dampening the flames
Second tyre being hammered into place
There is a wheel somewhere under the steam
Clamping the tyre ready for welding
Using a taper auger on a wheel hub
Sawing off the spoke ends
A few finishing touches to the second tyre
Detail of a 12 spoked wheel
Cooling down while the trye is hammered in place
Cooling down
Drawknife in use
Applying a hot tyre
A taper auger
Drawknife in use on the felloes
Welding the tyre joint
Cleaning up the felloes
Hammering the tyre into place
A few finishing taps
Letting off steam
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