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