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