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