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