Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Welding the tyre
Welding a hub band
Cleaning up with an angle grinder
Large bow saw in use on spoke ends
Close up of the hub
Cleaning up the tyre
Bow saw in use cleaning up spoke ends
Welding the tyre
Clamping the wheel down
An example of wheel making in the past
Drawknife in use
Checking the tyre is properly fitted.
Drawknife in use
Using a chipping hammer
Tyre nearly in place
Boring a hub with a taper auger
Detail of the wheel
A 12 spoked wheel
Shaped handles just made.
The second tyre being hammered in place
Using a press on the tyre join
Using a press on the tyre
Spot welding
Fitting the felloes together
Close up of the clamping
Cleaning up
Welding a hub band
Trimming with a drawknife
Welding a tyre
Shaping with a drawknife
Applying a hot tyre
Cooling down
Drawknife in use
Cleaning up with the drawknife
Wheel awaiting a tyre
Checking the size of the tyre with a traveller
Second tyre being hammered into place
Detail of a 12 spoked wheel
Using a rasp
Welding
An example of the wheelwrights art
A traveller in use on the wheel.
Welding an iron band for a wheel hub
Cooling the tyre down
Drawknife in use shaping
Using a rasp to shape a notch
European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Initial shaping
Letting off steam
A taper auger
Cooling the hot tyre
Trimming the felloes to shape with a drawknife
Welding the tyre joint
Sawing off the spoke ends
Cooling down while the trye is hammered in place
Dampening the flames
A taper auger in use boring a wheel hub
The first stage in shaping
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