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