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