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