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