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