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