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