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