European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Not just a wheelwright but a rakemaker too.
Drawknife in use
A wheel in need of repair
Large bow saw in use on spoke ends
Laying the wheel on the tyring stand
Clamped in place for tyring
There is a wheel somewhere under the steam
Shaping with a drawknife
Field gun wheels
A long job in hand in the wheelwrights shop.
Cleaning up the tyre
Newly made wheel awaiting a tyre
The first stage in shaping
Field gun wheels
Hammering the tyre into place
Boring a hub with a taper auger
Drawknife in use again.
Checking the tyre is properly fitted.
Wheel awaiting a tyre
Applying a hot tyre
Using a rasp
The hot tyre in place
Cleaning up with the drawknife
Boring a hub the traditional way
Cooling the tyre down
A traveller in use on the wheel.
Using a chipping hammer
Cleaning up the tyre
Using a press on the tyre join
A 12 spoked wheel
Drawknife in use on the felloes
Shaped handles just made.
Trimming with a drawknife
Close up of the clamping
Using a taper auger on a wheel hub
Welding
Drawknife in use
Cleaning up the weld
Welding the tyre
Welding a hub band
Fitting the hot tyre
Cleaning up
Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Checking the tyre circumference
Second tyre nearly in place
A few finishing touches to the second tyre
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