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