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