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