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