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