European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
An example of the wheelwrights art
A few finishing touches to the second tyre
Using a press on the tyre
Using a rasp to shape a notch
Cleaning up the weld
Still cooling off.
Welding the tyre joint
Shaping with a rasp
Cleaning up
Fitting a heated tyre on the wheel
Close up of the clamping
Trimming the felloes to shape with a drawknife
Checking the size of the tyre with a traveller
Sawing off the spoke ends
Cleaning up with the drawknife
Cleaning up with an angle grinder
An interesting wheel!
Drawknife in use shaping
Using a rasp
Cooling the tyre down
A taper auger in use boring a wheel hub
Checking the tyre is properly fitted.
Trimming with a drawknife
Using a press on the tyre join
Field gun wheels
An example of wheel making in the past
Detail of a 12 spoked wheel
Spot welding
Wheel in position for the tyre
Drawknife in use on the felloes
Welding
Checking the tyre circumference
A traveller in use on the wheel.
Shaping with a rasp
Cleaning up the tyre
Cleaning up the tyre
Drawknife in use again.
Welding a hub band
Clamping the tyre ready for welding
Drawknife in use
A taper auger
Drawknife in use
Sawing off the spoke ends
Fitting the hot tyre
Welding the tyre
Tail vice and dog
Using a chipping hammer
Cooling down while the trye is hammered in place
Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
A wheel in need of repair
A few finishing taps
Preparing the wheel for tyring
Cleaning up the felloes
Newly made wheel awaiting a tyre
Detail of the wheel
Welding the tyre
Shaping an adze handle
Hammering the tyre into place
Cooling down
Welding an iron band for a wheel hub
Boring a hub with a taper auger
The first stage in shaping
The second tyre being hammered in place
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