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