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