European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
A 12 spoked wheel
A traveller in use on the wheel.
Cooling the hot tyre
Still cooling off.
Trimming the felloes
Drawknife in use shaping
Dampening the flames
A few finishing taps
Drawknife in use again.
Field gun wheels
Boring a hub the traditional way
Checking the tyre is properly fitted.
Clamped in place for tyring
A pile of iron hubs
Cleaning up
There is a wheel somewhere under the steam
Shaping with a rasp
Cooling down while the trye is hammered in place
Welding the tyre
Shaped handles just made.
Large bow saw in use on spoke ends
Checking the size of the tyre with a traveller
Cleaning up the felloes
Drawknife in use
Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Hammering the tyre into place
Checking the tyre circumference
Cleaning up with the drawknife
The first stage in shaping
Welding a tyre
Detail of the wheel
Welding
Clamping the wheel down
Using a press on the tyre
Tyre nearly in place
Welding the tyre
Field gun wheels
Using a rasp
Initial shaping
Cleaning up the weld
An example of wheel making in the past
A taper auger in use boring a wheel hub
Wheel in position for the tyre
Using a taper auger on a wheel hub
Preparing the wheel for tyring
Welding a hub band
A taper auger
An interesting wheel!
Newly made wheel awaiting a tyre
Close up of the clamping
Laying the wheel on the tyring stand
Shaping an adze handle
A long job in hand in the wheelwrights shop.
Welding an iron band for a wheel hub
Trimming the felloes to shape with a drawknife
Second tyre being hammered into place
Drawknife in use
The hot tyre in place
Sawing off the spoke ends
Fitting a heated tyre on the wheel
Cleaning up the tyre
Cleaning up
The second tyre being hammered in place
Welding a hub band
Using a rasp to shape a notch
Second tyre nearly in place
Fitting the hot tyre
An example of the wheelwrights art
Tail vice and dog
Applying a hot tyre
Sawing off the spoke ends
Using a chipping hammer
A corner of the wheelwrights shop
Cleaning up the tyre
Letting off steam
Wheel awaiting a tyre
Welding the tyre joint
Detail of a 12 spoked wheel
Adzes awaiting handles
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