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