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