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