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