European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Letting off steam
Welding an iron band for a wheel hub
Drawknife in use shaping
Drawknife in use again.
Adzes awaiting handles
A 12 spoked wheel
Cleaning up
Clamped in place for tyring
A pile of iron hubs
Spot welding
Welding the tyre
Still cooling off.
Welding a hub band
Tyre nearly in place
Drawknife in use
Fitting the hot tyre
Applying a hot tyre
Boring a hub the traditional way
A long job in hand in the wheelwrights shop.
A taper auger in use boring a wheel hub
Cooling the hot tyre
Close up of the hub
Cooling down while the trye is hammered in place
Cleaning up with the drawknife
Using a rasp
Using a rasp to shape a notch
Using a press on the tyre join
Bow saw in use cleaning up spoke ends
Trimming with a drawknife
Cleaning up the tyre
Wheel in position for the tyre
Shaping with a rasp
Trimming the felloes to shape with a drawknife
Using a taper auger on a wheel hub
Using a chipping hammer
Sawing off the spoke ends
Drawknife in use
Field gun wheels
Preparing the wheel for tyring
A few finishing touches to the second tyre
Welding the tyre
Cooling down
Cooling the tyre down
Drawknife in use on the felloes
An example of wheel making in the past
A corner of the wheelwrights shop
Tail vice and dog
Marking out a felloe
Checking the tyre is properly fitted.
An interesting wheel!
Fitting a heated tyre on the wheel
Hammering the tyre into place
A wheel in need of repair
Large bow saw in use on spoke ends
Welding a hub band
Welding a tyre
Cleaning up
Boring a hub with a taper auger
Clamping the wheel down
Shaping with a rasp
The first stage in shaping
Welding
Cleaning up the tyre
Welding the tyre joint
There is a wheel somewhere under the steam
Close up of the clamping
Cleaning up the felloes
Using a press on the tyre
Newly made wheel awaiting a tyre
The second tyre being hammered in place
Detail of the wheel
Detail of a 12 spoked wheel
Clamping the tyre ready for welding
Laying the wheel on the tyring stand
A traveller in use on the wheel.
Fitting the felloes together
Cleaning up with an angle grinder
Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
A few finishing taps
Shaping with a drawknife
Second tyre being hammered into place
Checking the tyre circumference
Cleaning up the weld
Sawing off the spoke ends
Initial shaping
Checking the size of the tyre with a traveller
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