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