European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Still cooling off.
Using a taper auger on a wheel hub
Shaping with a rasp
Cleaning up
Using a press on the tyre join
Boring a hub with a taper auger
Cleaning up the tyre
Trimming with a drawknife
Cleaning up the felloes
Drawknife in use again.
Laying the wheel on the tyring stand
A long job in hand in the wheelwrights shop.
Shaping with a rasp
Sawing off the spoke ends
A pile of iron hubs
Checking the tyre is properly fitted.
Marking out a felloe
Applying a hot tyre
Cooling the tyre down
A few finishing touches to the second tyre
Letting off steam
Initial shaping
Drawknife in use
Drawknife in use
Detail of the wheel
Preparing the wheel for tyring
Shaped handles just made.
An interesting wheel!
Tyre nearly in place
Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Wheel awaiting a tyre
A few finishing taps
Wheel in position for the tyre
Drawknife in use shaping
Cleaning up with the drawknife
Fitting a heated tyre on the wheel
Clamping the wheel down
Fitting the felloes together
The hot tyre in place
Using a rasp
Newly made wheel awaiting a tyre
The first stage in shaping
Using a rasp to shape a notch
Dampening the flames
Welding an iron band for a wheel hub
Clamping the tyre ready for welding
Cooling down
An example of wheel making in the past
A wheel in need of repair
Field gun wheels
Checking the size of the tyre with a traveller
A traveller in use on the wheel.
Close up of the hub
Shaping with a drawknife
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