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