European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Welding a hub band
A corner of the wheelwrights shop
Cooling the hot tyre
Still cooling off.
A pile of iron hubs
Welding
Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Wheel awaiting a tyre
Laying the wheel on the tyring stand
Cooling down
Initial shaping
Field gun wheels
Not just a wheelwright but a rakemaker too.
Fitting the hot tyre
Shaping with a drawknife
Adzes awaiting handles
Checking the tyre circumference
Close up of the hub
Using a press on the tyre
Preparing the wheel for tyring
Clamped in place for tyring
Welding the tyre joint
Using a rasp to shape a notch
A few finishing taps
Checking the size of the tyre with a traveller
Cleaning up the tyre
Drawknife in use
An example of the wheelwrights art
Cleaning up the weld
Welding the tyre
Boring a hub the traditional way
Letting off steam
A taper auger
Fitting a heated tyre on the wheel
The second tyre being hammered in place
Drawknife in use shaping
Drawknife in use
Cleaning up with an angle grinder
Second tyre nearly in place
Welding a hub band
A wheel in need of repair
Trimming the felloes to shape with a drawknife
Detail of a 12 spoked wheel
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