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