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