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