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