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