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