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