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