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