European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Wheel in position for the tyre
An example of the wheelwrights art
Cleaning up with an angle grinder
Wheel awaiting a tyre
Letting off steam
Large bow saw in use on spoke ends
Welding the tyre
Using a press on the tyre join
Cooling down
The first stage in shaping
A few finishing taps
Trimming with a drawknife
Cleaning up the weld
A taper auger in use boring a wheel hub
A long job in hand in the wheelwrights shop.
Tail vice and dog
Checking the tyre circumference
Drawknife in use again.
Sawing off the spoke ends
Dampening the flames
Shaping with a rasp
An example of wheel making in the past
Welding a tyre
A pile of iron hubs
Detail of the wheel
Using a rasp to shape a notch
Detail of a 12 spoked wheel
Marking out a felloe
Drawknife in use
Using a rasp
Boring a hub the traditional way
Welding the tyre
Drawknife in use
Shaping with a rasp
Boring a hub with a taper auger
Welding a hub band
A taper auger
Trimming the felloes
Using a press on the tyre
Field gun wheels
Cleaning up
Cooling down while the trye is hammered in place
Drawknife in use on the felloes
Cleaning up
Checking the size of the tyre with a traveller
Cooling the tyre down
Cleaning up with the drawknife
Clamping the wheel down
Using a chipping hammer
Clamped in place for tyring
Clamping the tyre ready for welding
Checking the tyre is properly fitted.
Hammering the tyre into place
Welding an iron band for a wheel hub
Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Cleaning up the tyre
Adzes awaiting handles
Spot welding
Laying the wheel on the tyring stand
Fitting the hot tyre
Initial shaping
Newly made wheel awaiting a tyre
Drawknife in use
Field gun wheels
Close up of the hub
Fitting the felloes together
Cleaning up the tyre
Bow saw in use cleaning up spoke ends
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