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