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