Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Cleaning up
A wheel in need of repair
Trimming the felloes to shape with a drawknife
Initial shaping
Spot welding
Cooling the hot tyre
Sawing off the spoke ends
Fitting the hot tyre
Welding the tyre
Welding the tyre
Large bow saw in use on spoke ends
An interesting wheel!
Drawknife in use
European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Close up of the hub
Cleaning up the tyre
Dampening the flames
Clamped in place for tyring
Still cooling off.
Cleaning up
Applying a hot tyre
An example of wheel making in the past
Sawing off the spoke ends
A traveller in use on the wheel.
An example of the wheelwrights art
Laying the wheel on the tyring stand
Tail vice and dog
Using a chipping hammer
Letting off steam
Wheel in position for the tyre
Drawknife in use
Using a rasp
Detail of a 12 spoked wheel
Hammering the tyre into place
Shaping an adze handle
Drawknife in use
Using a press on the tyre join
Drawknife in use on the felloes
Close up of the clamping
Wheel awaiting a tyre
Welding
A 12 spoked wheel
Bow saw in use cleaning up spoke ends
Shaping with a drawknife
Welding the tyre
Welding an iron band for a wheel hub
The hot tyre in place
Clamping the tyre ready for welding
Adzes awaiting handles
Using a rasp to shape a notch
Using a taper auger on a wheel hub
A few finishing touches to the second tyre
Second tyre nearly in place
A corner of the wheelwrights shop
Cooling down while the trye is hammered in place
Second tyre being hammered into place
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