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