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