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