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