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