European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Welding
Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
A taper auger in use boring a wheel hub
Shaped handles just made.
Shaping with a rasp
Fitting the hot tyre
Checking the tyre circumference
Shaping with a rasp
Cooling down while the trye is hammered in place
A few finishing touches to the second tyre
Applying a hot tyre
Cleaning up the tyre
Boring a hub the traditional way
A wheel in need of repair
Using a rasp to shape a notch
The first stage in shaping
Close up of the hub
Wheel in position for the tyre
Detail of the wheel
An interesting wheel!
Cooling the tyre down
Fitting a heated tyre on the wheel
Welding a tyre
An example of wheel making in the past
An example of the wheelwrights art
Cleaning up with an angle grinder
Cleaning up with the drawknife
Tyre nearly in place
A taper auger
Cleaning up
Checking the size of the tyre with a traveller
Not just a wheelwright but a rakemaker too.
Trimming the felloes
There is a wheel somewhere under the steam
Fitting the felloes together
Drawknife in use
Clamped in place for tyring
Field gun wheels
Drawknife in use
Detail of a 12 spoked wheel
Close up of the clamping
Laying the wheel on the tyring stand
Field gun wheels
Using a chipping hammer
Checking the tyre is properly fitted.
Still cooling off.
Hammering the tyre into place
A traveller in use on the wheel.
Preparing the wheel for tyring
Drawknife in use again.
Second tyre nearly in place
Newly made wheel awaiting a tyre
A corner of the wheelwrights shop
Marking out a felloe
Cooling down
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