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