European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Close up of the clamping
Preparing the wheel for tyring
Fitting a heated tyre on the wheel
Using a rasp to shape a notch
Newly made wheel awaiting a tyre
Field gun wheels
Welding the tyre
A taper auger
Field gun wheels
Second tyre nearly in place
Clamping the wheel down
A taper auger in use boring a wheel hub
There is a wheel somewhere under the steam
Applying a hot tyre
Using a press on the tyre join
Using a chipping hammer
An interesting wheel!
Wheel in position for the tyre
Still cooling off.
Hammering the tyre into place
Cleaning up the tyre
Shaped handles just made.
A pile of iron hubs
Cooling down while the trye is hammered in place
Checking the tyre is properly fitted.
Cleaning up the felloes
Tyre nearly in place
Drawknife in use on the felloes
Adzes awaiting handles
Drawknife in use
Boring a hub with a taper auger
Detail of the wheel
Welding the tyre
An example of wheel making in the past
Cleaning up with an angle grinder
Trimming the felloes to shape with a drawknife
Trimming with a drawknife
A wheel in need of repair
A few finishing touches to the second tyre
Fitting the hot tyre
Shaping with a rasp
Clamping the tyre ready for welding
Welding the tyre joint
A corner of the wheelwrights shop
Checking the tyre circumference
Detail of a 12 spoked wheel
A 12 spoked wheel
Second tyre being hammered into place
Cooling the hot tyre
The hot tyre in place
A long job in hand in the wheelwrights shop.
Welding a tyre
Cooling the tyre down
Shaping an adze handle
The first stage in shaping
Using a rasp
Sawing off the spoke ends
Clamped in place for tyring
Trimming the felloes
Cooling down
Drawknife in use
Welding a hub band
Drawknife in use again.
Boring a hub the traditional way
Large bow saw in use on spoke ends
Welding
Cleaning up
Close up of the hub
Cleaning up with the drawknife
Welding a hub band
Welding an iron band for a wheel hub
Wheel awaiting a tyre
Initial shaping
The second tyre being hammered in place
Dampening the flames
Cleaning up the weld
Drawknife in use
Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Cleaning up the tyre
Using a taper auger on a wheel hub
Shaping with a rasp
Tail vice and dog
Shaping with a drawknife
Bow saw in use cleaning up spoke ends
A traveller in use on the wheel.
An example of the wheelwrights art
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