European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Wheel in position for the tyre
Cleaning up the tyre
Checking the size of the tyre with a traveller
Cleaning up
Second tyre being hammered into place
Clamping the tyre ready for welding
Initial shaping
A few finishing taps
Cooling down
Clamped in place for tyring
Field gun wheels
Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Drawknife in use
The hot tyre in place
Tail vice and dog
Close up of the clamping
Clamping the wheel down
Welding the tyre
Large bow saw in use on spoke ends
The second tyre being hammered in place
Shaping an adze handle
Spot welding
Welding a hub band
Welding a tyre
Hammering the tyre into place
There is a wheel somewhere under the steam
Fitting the hot tyre
Applying a hot tyre
Cleaning up the weld
A pile of iron hubs
Boring a hub with a taper auger
Adzes awaiting handles
Bow saw in use cleaning up spoke ends
Cooling the hot tyre
Fitting the felloes together
A wheel in need of repair
Drawknife in use on the felloes
A few finishing touches to the second tyre
Welding the tyre
A 12 spoked wheel
Using a taper auger on a wheel hub
Drawknife in use
Using a press on the tyre
Not just a wheelwright but a rakemaker too.
Trimming the felloes to shape with a drawknife
Using a rasp to shape a notch
Checking the tyre is properly fitted.
Cleaning up the tyre
An interesting wheel!
Sawing off the spoke ends
Using a rasp
Fitting a heated tyre on the wheel
An example of wheel making in the past
A taper auger in use boring a wheel hub
Dampening the flames
A taper auger
Tyre nearly in place
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