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