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