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