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