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