European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
An interesting wheel!
Applying a hot tyre
A few finishing taps
Boring a hub with a taper auger
Second tyre nearly in place
Trimming the felloes
A long job in hand in the wheelwrights shop.
An example of wheel making in the past
A few finishing touches to the second tyre
There is a wheel somewhere under the steam
Using a rasp
The first stage in shaping
Field gun wheels
Field gun wheels
Welding a hub band
Welding the tyre
Drawknife in use
A traveller in use on the wheel.
Adzes awaiting handles
Cleaning up the tyre
Detail of the wheel
Cooling down
Sawing off the spoke ends
Fitting a heated tyre on the wheel
Wheel in position for the tyre
Using a press on the tyre
An example of the wheelwrights art
Fitting the hot tyre
Detail of a 12 spoked wheel
Welding the tyre
Hammering the tyre into place
Trimming with a drawknife
Welding the tyre joint
Dampening the flames
Using a chipping hammer
Drawknife in use
Bow saw in use cleaning up spoke ends
Laying the wheel on the tyring stand
Shaping with a rasp
Boring a hub the traditional way
Drawknife in use on the felloes
Cooling the hot tyre
A taper auger in use boring a wheel hub
Trimming the felloes to shape with a drawknife
Drawknife in use shaping
Marking out a felloe
Using a taper auger on a wheel hub
A corner of the wheelwrights shop
Using a press on the tyre join
Tail vice and dog
Welding the tyre
Cleaning up
Checking the tyre is properly fitted.
Clamping the tyre ready for welding
Clamped in place for tyring
Welding a tyre
A wheel in need of repair
Cleaning up the tyre
Drawknife in use
The hot tyre in place
Checking the tyre circumference
Cleaning up the felloes
Newly made wheel awaiting a tyre
Welding
Shaping an adze handle
Tyre nearly in place
Fitting the felloes together
Cleaning up with an angle grinder
Shaped handles just made.
Large bow saw in use on spoke ends
Still cooling off.
Cleaning up with the drawknife
Second tyre being hammered into place
Welding a hub band
Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
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