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