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