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