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