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