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