European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Cooling the tyre down
Checking the size of the tyre with a traveller
Laying the wheel on the tyring stand
Cooling the hot tyre
A long job in hand in the wheelwrights shop.
Using a press on the tyre join
A corner of the wheelwrights shop
Trimming the felloes to shape with a drawknife
A wheel in need of repair
The hot tyre in place
An example of wheel making in the past
Field gun wheels
There is a wheel somewhere under the steam
A few finishing touches to the second tyre
Drawknife in use on the felloes
Cleaning up
Checking the tyre circumference
Bow saw in use cleaning up spoke ends
A pile of iron hubs
Using a taper auger on a wheel hub
Close up of the clamping
Sawing off the spoke ends
Fitting the hot tyre
Still cooling off.
Field gun wheels
Welding a hub band
Clamping the tyre ready for welding
A traveller in use on the wheel.
Marking out a felloe
Trimming with a drawknife
An example of the wheelwrights art
Preparing the wheel for tyring
Shaping with a rasp
Checking the tyre is properly fitted.
Second tyre nearly in place
The first stage in shaping
Sawing off the spoke ends
Welding the tyre joint
Second tyre being hammered into place
Shaping an adze handle
Welding a hub band
Wheel awaiting a tyre
Shaping with a rasp
Cooling down while the trye is hammered in place
Clamping the wheel down
Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Letting off steam
Cleaning up
Cooling down
Spot welding
Cleaning up the tyre
Drawknife in use
Detail of a 12 spoked wheel
Initial shaping
Drawknife in use
Using a rasp
Drawknife in use again.
Welding the tyre
Boring a hub with a taper auger
Detail of the wheel
The second tyre being hammered in place
Boring a hub the traditional way
Welding the tyre
A taper auger
Large bow saw in use on spoke ends
Newly made wheel awaiting a tyre
Welding
Applying a hot tyre
An interesting wheel!
Clamped in place for tyring
Using a press on the tyre
Trimming the felloes
Cleaning up with an angle grinder
Cleaning up the tyre
Welding the tyre
Welding an iron band for a wheel hub
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