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