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