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