European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Using a rasp to shape a notch
Field gun wheels
An interesting wheel!
Cooling down
The second tyre being hammered in place
Checking the tyre circumference
Trimming with a drawknife
Using a press on the tyre
Boring a hub the traditional way
Drawknife in use on the felloes
Cleaning up
Applying a hot tyre
Close up of the clamping
Fitting the felloes together
Not just a wheelwright but a rakemaker too.
Drawknife in use
A pile of iron hubs
Welding an iron band for a wheel hub
Tyre nearly in place
Cleaning up the weld
A corner of the wheelwrights shop
Cleaning up the tyre
A few finishing taps
Initial shaping
Welding the tyre
An example of wheel making in the past
Adzes awaiting handles
Checking the size of the tyre with a traveller
Using a chipping hammer
A long job in hand in the wheelwrights shop.
Shaping with a rasp
Clamped in place for tyring
Drawknife in use
Shaping an adze handle
The hot tyre in place
A few finishing touches to the second tyre
Cleaning up the felloes
Welding a hub band
Trimming the felloes
An example of the wheelwrights art
Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Field gun wheels
Clamping the wheel down
Cleaning up
Welding the tyre
Cleaning up the tyre
Cooling down while the trye is hammered in place
Fitting a heated tyre on the wheel
Marking out a felloe
Trimming the felloes to shape with a drawknife
A 12 spoked wheel
Drawknife in use shaping
Welding the tyre joint
Shaping with a rasp
Welding the tyre
A traveller in use on the wheel.
Letting off steam
Cleaning up with the drawknife
There is a wheel somewhere under the steam
Shaped handles just made.
Spot welding
Wheel awaiting a tyre
Boring a hub with a taper auger
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