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