European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Welding the tyre
Using a press on the tyre join
Applying a hot tyre
An example of wheel making in the past
A traveller in use on the wheel.
Cooling the tyre down
A taper auger in use boring a wheel hub
Shaping an adze handle
Field gun wheels
Using a chipping hammer
Still cooling off.
A few finishing taps
Welding the tyre
Close up of the clamping
Clamping the tyre ready for welding
Clamping the wheel down
Shaped handles just made.
Welding
Boring a hub the traditional way
An example of the wheelwrights art
Welding the tyre joint
Shaping with a rasp
Drawknife in use shaping
A few finishing touches to the second tyre
Welding a hub band
Using a taper auger on a wheel hub
Cleaning up the tyre
Checking the size of the tyre with a traveller
Shaping with a rasp
Fitting a heated tyre on the wheel
A pile of iron hubs
Sawing off the spoke ends
Cooling the hot tyre
Shaping with a drawknife
Cleaning up with the drawknife
Detail of the wheel
Drawknife in use on the felloes
Checking the tyre is properly fitted.
Cooling down
A taper auger
Spot welding
Adzes awaiting handles
Trimming the felloes to shape with a drawknife
Drawknife in use
Clamped in place for tyring
Cleaning up the tyre
Drawknife in use
The second tyre being hammered in place
Fitting the felloes together
Trimming with a drawknife
Detail of a 12 spoked wheel
Hammering the tyre into place
A 12 spoked wheel
Newly made wheel awaiting a tyre
A wheel in need of repair
Welding a tyre
Welding an iron band for a wheel hub
Cleaning up the felloes
Preparing the wheel for tyring
Cleaning up with an angle grinder
Using a press on the tyre
Large bow saw in use on spoke ends
Marking out a felloe
Fitting the hot tyre
Wheel in position for the tyre
Second tyre being hammered into place
Trimming the felloes
There is a wheel somewhere under the steam
Letting off steam
Cleaning up
The hot tyre in place
Close up of the hub
Boring a hub with a taper auger
A corner of the wheelwrights shop
Tyre nearly in place
Dampening the flames
Laying the wheel on the tyring stand
Drawknife in use
Drawknife in use again.
Wheel awaiting a tyre
Checking the tyre circumference
Cleaning up the weld
Tail vice and dog
Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Cleaning up
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