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