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