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