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