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