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