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