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