European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Sawing off the spoke ends
An example of the wheelwrights art
The hot tyre in place
Shaping with a drawknife
Fitting the hot tyre
Welding the tyre
Tyre nearly in place
A taper auger in use boring a wheel hub
Trimming the felloes to shape with a drawknife
Detail of the wheel
Using a press on the tyre
Cooling the hot tyre
Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Cleaning up with an angle grinder
Fitting a heated tyre on the wheel
Drawknife in use shaping
Fitting the felloes together
Letting off steam
Clamping the tyre ready for welding
The second tyre being hammered in place
Not just a wheelwright but a rakemaker too.
A few finishing taps
Welding the tyre
Clamping the wheel down
Bow saw in use cleaning up spoke ends
Sawing off the spoke ends
Boring a hub with a taper auger
Cooling down
Welding an iron band for a wheel hub
Tail vice and dog
Welding a tyre
Preparing the wheel for tyring
Using a press on the tyre join
Checking the tyre is properly fitted.
Using a taper auger on a wheel hub
Drawknife in use
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