European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Using a rasp to shape a notch
Large bow saw in use on spoke ends
Shaping with a rasp
A few finishing touches to the second tyre
Trimming the felloes
Drawknife in use
A taper auger
Newly made wheel awaiting a tyre
The hot tyre in place
Wheel awaiting a tyre
An example of the wheelwrights art
Applying a hot tyre
A wheel in need of repair
Shaping with a drawknife
Sawing off the spoke ends
Shaped handles just made.
Welding a tyre
There is a wheel somewhere under the steam
Cooling down
The first stage in shaping
Letting off steam
A traveller in use on the wheel.
Drawknife in use shaping
Welding a hub band
Drawknife in use
Bow saw in use cleaning up spoke ends
Trimming with a drawknife
Fitting a heated tyre on the wheel
Cleaning up the weld
A pile of iron hubs
A few finishing taps
Hammering the tyre into place
Second tyre being hammered into place
An example of wheel making in the past
Clamped in place for tyring
Clamping the tyre ready for welding
Cooling the tyre down
Cooling down while the trye is hammered in place
Tyre nearly in place
Welding the tyre joint
Cooling the hot tyre
Checking the tyre is properly fitted.
Field gun wheels
Preparing the wheel for tyring
Cleaning up the felloes
Adzes awaiting handles
An interesting wheel!
Cleaning up
Sawing off the spoke ends
Fitting the felloes together
A long job in hand in the wheelwrights shop.
Using a rasp
Wheel in position for the tyre
Cleaning up with the drawknife
Shaping an adze handle
Using a taper auger on a wheel hub
Checking the size of the tyre with a traveller
Initial shaping
Tail vice and dog
Trimming the felloes to shape with a drawknife
Shaping with a rasp
Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Using a chipping hammer
Still cooling off.
Cleaning up with an angle grinder
Using a press on the tyre
Detail of the wheel
The second tyre being hammered in place
Using a press on the tyre join
Welding
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