European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Fitting the hot tyre
Initial shaping
Welding the tyre
Cleaning up the tyre
Adzes awaiting handles
A wheel in need of repair
There is a wheel somewhere under the steam
Welding an iron band for a wheel hub
Cooling the tyre down
Using a press on the tyre
Drawknife in use again.
An interesting wheel!
Welding the tyre joint
Tail vice and dog
Cleaning up
Applying a hot tyre
Wheel awaiting a tyre
Using a chipping hammer
Wheel in position for the tyre
Trimming the felloes
Cleaning up
Preparing the wheel for tyring
An example of the wheelwrights art
Large bow saw in use on spoke ends
Spot welding
Letting off steam
Dampening the flames
Welding a hub band
Welding a hub band
A few finishing taps
Using a rasp
A pile of iron hubs
Drawknife in use
Shaping with a drawknife
Close up of the clamping
A corner of the wheelwrights shop
Clamping the wheel down
Second tyre being hammered into place
Not just a wheelwright but a rakemaker too.
Trimming the felloes to shape with a drawknife
Marking out a felloe
Drawknife in use on the felloes
Shaped handles just made.
Using a press on the tyre join
Checking the tyre circumference
A few finishing touches to the second tyre
A long job in hand in the wheelwrights shop.
Fitting the felloes together
Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
The first stage in shaping
Cleaning up with the drawknife
Trimming with a drawknife
Welding
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