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