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