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