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