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