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