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