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