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