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