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