European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Tyre nearly in place
Using a rasp
A pile of iron hubs
Cooling down while the trye is hammered in place
Field gun wheels
A 12 spoked wheel
Cleaning up the felloes
Drawknife in use
Spot welding
Welding a hub band
Applying a hot tyre
Using a press on the tyre join
Welding the tyre
Cleaning up the weld
Drawknife in use on the felloes
Cleaning up the tyre
Welding the tyre
The hot tyre in place
A traveller in use on the wheel.
Drawknife in use
Cleaning up the tyre
Boring a hub the traditional way
Field gun wheels
Trimming the felloes to shape with a drawknife
Second tyre being hammered into place
Shaping an adze handle
Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Clamped in place for tyring
Using a rasp to shape a notch
Shaping with a drawknife
Using a taper auger on a wheel hub
Bow saw in use cleaning up spoke ends
The second tyre being hammered in place
Wheel in position for the tyre
An interesting wheel!
Welding a tyre
An example of the wheelwrights art
A few finishing taps
Cleaning up with an angle grinder
Second tyre nearly in place
Welding
A long job in hand in the wheelwrights shop.
Laying the wheel on the tyring stand
The first stage in shaping
Drawknife in use again.
Large bow saw in use on spoke ends
Fitting a heated tyre on the wheel
Dampening the flames
Cooling the hot tyre
Wheel awaiting a tyre
Trimming the felloes
Shaping with a rasp
Sawing off the spoke ends
Fitting the hot tyre
Preparing the wheel for tyring
Fitting the felloes together
A wheel in need of repair
Clamping the wheel down
Checking the size of the tyre with a traveller
A taper auger in use boring a wheel hub
Checking the tyre is properly fitted.
Sawing off the spoke ends
Close up of the clamping
Newly made wheel awaiting a tyre
Initial shaping
Using a chipping hammer
Close up of the hub
Boring a hub with a taper auger
A corner of the wheelwrights shop
Welding the tyre joint
Drawknife in use shaping
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