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