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