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