European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Using a rasp
Welding a hub band
Adzes awaiting handles
Cleaning up with the drawknife
A 12 spoked wheel
Marking out a felloe
Welding the tyre
Welding
Welding the tyre
Cleaning up the tyre
Checking the tyre is properly fitted.
Using a press on the tyre
Not just a wheelwright but a rakemaker too.
Welding the tyre
Field gun wheels
Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Using a rasp to shape a notch
Drawknife in use
The first stage in shaping
Trimming the felloes
Field gun wheels
Checking the tyre circumference
Cleaning up the weld
An interesting wheel!
Dampening the flames
Wheel in position for the tyre
Trimming the felloes to shape with a drawknife
Hammering the tyre into place
Cleaning up
A taper auger in use boring a wheel hub
Close up of the hub
Drawknife in use
Checking the size of the tyre with a traveller
Drawknife in use shaping
Second tyre nearly in place
A corner of the wheelwrights shop
Boring a hub with a taper auger
Using a press on the tyre join
There is a wheel somewhere under the steam
Welding an iron band for a wheel hub
A traveller in use on the wheel.
Drawknife in use on the felloes
Tyre nearly in place
Sawing off the spoke ends
A few finishing taps
Cleaning up the felloes
Drawknife in use
A taper auger
Tail vice and dog
Welding a tyre
Cooling the tyre down
Still cooling off.
Letting off steam
Wheel awaiting a tyre
A pile of iron hubs
Detail of a 12 spoked wheel
An example of wheel making in the past
An example of the wheelwrights art
Shaped handles just made.
A few finishing touches to the second tyre
Drawknife in use again.
Fitting the felloes together
The hot tyre in place
Using a taper auger on a wheel hub
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