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