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