European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Not just a wheelwright but a rakemaker too.
Shaping with a rasp
A taper auger
Close up of the hub
There is a wheel somewhere under the steam
Cooling the hot tyre
Drawknife in use
Detail of a 12 spoked wheel
Drawknife in use on the felloes
Cleaning up with the drawknife
Laying the wheel on the tyring stand
Trimming with a drawknife
Welding the tyre
Cooling down while the trye is hammered in place
Welding a hub band
Hammering the tyre into place
Second tyre nearly in place
Still cooling off.
Cleaning up the tyre
Adzes awaiting handles
Cleaning up the tyre
Using a chipping hammer
A pile of iron hubs
Fitting a heated tyre on the wheel
A corner of the wheelwrights shop
Tyre nearly in place
Preparing the wheel for tyring
Welding a tyre
Field gun wheels
Initial shaping
Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Cleaning up
Shaping an adze handle
Detail of the wheel
Clamped in place for tyring
An example of the wheelwrights art
Sawing off the spoke ends
Trimming the felloes to shape with a drawknife
Shaped handles just made.
Drawknife in use
Shaping with a drawknife
Trimming the felloes
Applying a hot tyre
Field gun wheels
Welding the tyre
Checking the size of the tyre with a traveller
Using a taper auger on a wheel hub
An example of wheel making in the past
Welding
Bow saw in use cleaning up spoke ends
Using a press on the tyre join
Welding an iron band for a wheel hub
A few finishing taps
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