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