Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Fitting the hot tyre
Cooling the hot tyre
Close up of the clamping
A few finishing touches to the second tyre
Welding
Not just a wheelwright but a rakemaker too.
Drawknife in use
Checking the size of the tyre with a traveller
Clamped in place for tyring
Cooling down while the trye is hammered in place
Trimming with a drawknife
European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
A corner of the wheelwrights shop
An example of wheel making in the past
A long job in hand in the wheelwrights shop.
Boring a hub the traditional way
Cleaning up the tyre
A pile of iron hubs
Preparing the wheel for tyring
An interesting wheel!
Bow saw in use cleaning up spoke ends
Checking the tyre circumference
Field gun wheels
Using a rasp
Fitting a heated tyre on the wheel
Letting off steam
Newly made wheel awaiting a tyre
Cleaning up with the drawknife
Shaping with a rasp
Marking out a felloe
Welding the tyre joint
Wheel in position for the tyre
Laying the wheel on the tyring stand
Large bow saw in use on spoke ends
Shaping an adze handle
Detail of a 12 spoked wheel
Adzes awaiting handles
Shaped handles just made.
Welding an iron band for a wheel hub
Sawing off the spoke ends
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