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