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