European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
The second tyre being hammered in place
Initial shaping
Cooling down
An example of the wheelwrights art
Shaping with a rasp
Detail of a 12 spoked wheel
A 12 spoked wheel
Applying a hot tyre
Cleaning up the tyre
The hot tyre in place
Laying the wheel on the tyring stand
Shaped handles just made.
Boring a hub the traditional way
Large bow saw in use on spoke ends
Detail of the wheel
A few finishing taps
Welding a hub band
Adzes awaiting handles
A few finishing touches to the second tyre
Welding a hub band
Fitting the hot tyre
Second tyre nearly in place
Newly made wheel awaiting a tyre
Using a press on the tyre
Wheel awaiting a tyre
Close up of the hub
A traveller in use on the wheel.
Checking the tyre circumference
Checking the size of the tyre with a traveller
Preparing the wheel for tyring
Clamping the tyre ready for welding
Welding the tyre
A pile of iron hubs
Cleaning up with the drawknife
Cleaning up the felloes
Still cooling off.
Tyre nearly in place
Shaping with a drawknife
Cleaning up
Bow saw in use cleaning up spoke ends
Cleaning up the tyre
Drawknife in use again.
Using a press on the tyre join
Trimming with a drawknife
Close up of the clamping
Marking out a felloe
Trimming the felloes
Fitting a heated tyre on the wheel
Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Not just a wheelwright but a rakemaker too.
Cleaning up with an angle grinder
The first stage in shaping
Field gun wheels
Sawing off the spoke ends
Views
/100
Copyright of the photographs is held by Steve R. Salter and the Tools and Trades History Society and the photographs here are watermarked accordingly. Higher resolution unwatermarked images are available on application to TATHS at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. but any use of them must include a reference to Steve R. Salter as copyright holder and to TATHS.
