European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
A taper auger
Second tyre nearly in place
Dampening the flames
A taper auger in use boring a wheel hub
Cleaning up the felloes
Welding an iron band for a wheel hub
Detail of a 12 spoked wheel
Cleaning up
Cooling down
Cooling the tyre down
Checking the tyre is properly fitted.
Using a chipping hammer
A few finishing taps
A corner of the wheelwrights shop
Spot welding
Bow saw in use cleaning up spoke ends
Cleaning up the tyre
Boring a hub with a taper auger
Drawknife in use
Drawknife in use
Drawknife in use shaping
Hammering the tyre into place
Large bow saw in use on spoke ends
Tyre nearly in place
Clamped in place for tyring
Welding
The second tyre being hammered in place
Shaping with a rasp
An example of wheel making in the past
Newly made wheel awaiting a tyre
The hot tyre in place
Clamping the tyre ready for welding
Fitting the hot tyre
Still cooling off.
Preparing the wheel for tyring
Field gun wheels
An example of the wheelwrights art
A long job in hand in the wheelwrights shop.
A 12 spoked wheel
Trimming the felloes to shape with a drawknife
Cleaning up
Initial shaping
Cleaning up with an angle grinder
Letting off steam
Marking out a felloe
Wheel awaiting a tyre
Close up of the clamping
Cooling the hot tyre
Trimming with a drawknife
Drawknife in use again.
Laying the wheel on the tyring stand
Checking the size of the tyre with a traveller
Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
A traveller in use on the wheel.
Cleaning up the tyre
Second tyre being hammered into place
Shaping an adze handle
Welding the tyre joint
Using a press on the tyre join
Using a rasp to shape a notch
A pile of iron hubs
Shaping with a drawknife
Welding the tyre
Boring a hub the traditional way
Shaped handles just made.
Shaping with a rasp
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