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