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