Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Drawknife in use
Welding a hub band
An interesting wheel!
Still cooling off.
Shaping with a drawknife
European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Welding a tyre
Shaped handles just made.
Applying a hot tyre
Detail of a 12 spoked wheel
Preparing the wheel for tyring
Cleaning up the weld
Cleaning up
Welding the tyre
The first stage in shaping
Cleaning up with an angle grinder
Close up of the hub
Tail vice and dog
Close up of the clamping
Adzes awaiting handles
Tyre nearly in place
Drawknife in use again.
Cleaning up the felloes
Large bow saw in use on spoke ends
Using a press on the tyre
Clamping the tyre ready for welding
A 12 spoked wheel
An example of the wheelwrights art
Cleaning up the tyre
Field gun wheels
A few finishing taps
Shaping an adze handle
Laying the wheel on the tyring stand
Boring a hub with a taper auger
Marking out a felloe
Cleaning up
Spot welding
Shaping with a rasp
Cooling the hot tyre
Trimming the felloes to shape with a drawknife
Boring a hub the traditional way
Cooling down while the trye is hammered in place
Cleaning up with the drawknife
Shaping with a rasp
Field gun wheels
Drawknife in use
Not just a wheelwright but a rakemaker too.
Drawknife in use
Fitting the felloes together
Wheel in position for the tyre
A traveller in use on the wheel.
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