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