European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Clamping the wheel down
Hammering the tyre into place
Letting off steam
Shaping with a rasp
Close up of the clamping
Cleaning up
Cleaning up
Drawknife in use
Second tyre nearly in place
Using a press on the tyre join
The first stage in shaping
Close up of the hub
Welding the tyre
A taper auger
Cleaning up the weld
A few finishing taps
Spot welding
Laying the wheel on the tyring stand
Drawknife in use
Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Shaping with a rasp
Clamping the tyre ready for welding
Newly made wheel awaiting a tyre
Trimming with a drawknife
Trimming the felloes
Field gun wheels
Welding
Clamped in place for tyring
Cooling the hot tyre
Using a taper auger on a wheel hub
Shaped handles just made.
A long job in hand in the wheelwrights shop.
Checking the tyre is properly fitted.
Shaping with a drawknife
An example of wheel making in the past
Preparing the wheel for tyring
An interesting wheel!
Tail vice and dog
Checking the tyre circumference
Fitting a heated tyre on the wheel
Adzes awaiting handles
Welding a hub band
An example of the wheelwrights art
Dampening the flames
Boring a hub with a taper auger
Cooling down
There is a wheel somewhere under the steam
Cooling the tyre down
Tyre nearly in place
Cleaning up with an angle grinder
Wheel in position for the tyre
Welding the tyre
Boring a hub the traditional way
The hot tyre in place
Welding a hub band
The second tyre being hammered in place
Sawing off the spoke ends
Shaping an adze handle
Still cooling off.
A pile of iron hubs
Using a chipping hammer
Drawknife in use shaping
Trimming the felloes to shape with a drawknife
A corner of the wheelwrights shop
Applying a hot tyre
Cleaning up the felloes
Wheel awaiting a tyre
A taper auger in use boring a wheel hub
Sawing off the spoke ends
A wheel in need of repair
Cooling down while the trye is hammered in place
Using a rasp
A few finishing touches to the second tyre
Welding the tyre
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