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