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