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