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