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