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