European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Second tyre being hammered into place
Cooling down while the trye is hammered in place
Detail of the wheel
Spot welding
Marking out a felloe
Cleaning up the felloes
Using a rasp to shape a notch
Fitting a heated tyre on the wheel
Cleaning up the weld
Cooling the hot tyre
Cleaning up with the drawknife
Boring a hub the traditional way
Fitting the hot tyre
Cleaning up
An example of wheel making in the past
Welding an iron band for a wheel hub
A taper auger
Applying a hot tyre
Sawing off the spoke ends
Welding the tyre joint
A taper auger in use boring a wheel hub
A 12 spoked wheel
Close up of the clamping
Shaping with a rasp
Drawknife in use on the felloes
Shaping with a rasp
Trimming with a drawknife
Welding a hub band
Large bow saw in use on spoke ends
Welding the tyre
Clamping the tyre ready for welding
Newly made wheel awaiting a tyre
Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Using a press on the tyre
A corner of the wheelwrights shop
Laying the wheel on the tyring stand
Tail vice and dog
Cooling down
Cleaning up the tyre
Field gun wheels
Cooling the tyre down
Using a rasp
Close up of the hub
An interesting wheel!
Cleaning up the tyre
A long job in hand in the wheelwrights shop.
Drawknife in use
Cleaning up with an angle grinder
Checking the tyre circumference
Not just a wheelwright but a rakemaker too.
Clamping the wheel down
Second tyre nearly in place
Clamped in place for tyring
Trimming the felloes to shape with a drawknife
The hot tyre in place
Drawknife in use
Welding a tyre
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