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