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