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