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