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