European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Tail vice and dog
Wheel in position for the tyre
Wheel awaiting a tyre
Cooling down while the trye is hammered in place
Drawknife in use
Still cooling off.
A 12 spoked wheel
Drawknife in use shaping
Detail of the wheel
Cleaning up the weld
Boring a hub the traditional way
Shaping with a drawknife
Welding an iron band for a wheel hub
Spot welding
Welding a hub band
Fitting the hot tyre
Shaping with a rasp
Cooling down
A few finishing touches to the second tyre
Welding the tyre
Cleaning up
Welding a tyre
Shaped handles just made.
An example of wheel making in the past
The second tyre being hammered in place
Trimming with a drawknife
Field gun wheels
Detail of a 12 spoked wheel
A long job in hand in the wheelwrights shop.
A taper auger in use boring a wheel hub
Sawing off the spoke ends
Trimming the felloes to shape with a drawknife
Laying the wheel on the tyring stand
Welding the tyre
Drawknife in use on the felloes
Shaping with a rasp
The first stage in shaping
Clamping the tyre ready for welding
Adzes awaiting handles
A few finishing taps
Shaping an adze handle
There is a wheel somewhere under the steam
Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Cleaning up the tyre
Clamping the wheel down
Using a chipping hammer
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