European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Drawknife in use
Drawknife in use
Wheel in position for the tyre
Close up of the hub
A few finishing touches to the second tyre
Second tyre nearly in place
Using a taper auger on a wheel hub
A 12 spoked wheel
A long job in hand in the wheelwrights shop.
Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Fitting the felloes together
Drawknife in use on the felloes
Using a chipping hammer
Applying a hot tyre
Wheel awaiting a tyre
Adzes awaiting handles
Boring a hub the traditional way
Cooling the hot tyre
Clamped in place for tyring
Checking the tyre is properly fitted.
Field gun wheels
Sawing off the spoke ends
Welding a hub band
Clamping the tyre ready for welding
Cleaning up
Drawknife in use
Welding an iron band for a wheel hub
Cleaning up the tyre
Welding a tyre
Boring a hub with a taper auger
A few finishing taps
Cleaning up the weld
Clamping the wheel down
Trimming the felloes
Large bow saw in use on spoke ends
Fitting the hot tyre
Cleaning up with an angle grinder
Spot welding
Detail of the wheel
Fitting a heated tyre on the wheel
Welding the tyre
Cooling down while the trye is hammered in place
Tyre nearly in place
Shaping an adze handle
Cleaning up the tyre
Checking the tyre circumference
Drawknife in use shaping
Laying the wheel on the tyring stand
A taper auger in use boring a wheel hub
Preparing the wheel for tyring
Using a press on the tyre join
An example of wheel making in the past
Cooling the tyre down
Field gun wheels
Close up of the clamping
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