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