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