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