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