European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Close up of the clamping
Detail of the wheel
Cooling the hot tyre
The second tyre being hammered in place
A few finishing taps
Laying the wheel on the tyring stand
Fitting the felloes together
There is a wheel somewhere under the steam
Hammering the tyre into place
Cleaning up the felloes
Fitting the hot tyre
Welding
Checking the size of the tyre with a traveller
Trimming the felloes to shape with a drawknife
Applying a hot tyre
Checking the tyre circumference
Drawknife in use
Checking the tyre is properly fitted.
An example of wheel making in the past
The first stage in shaping
A corner of the wheelwrights shop
Drawknife in use shaping
Wheel in position for the tyre
Letting off steam
Sawing off the spoke ends
Adzes awaiting handles
Cleaning up the tyre
Preparing the wheel for tyring
Cleaning up with an angle grinder
Using a chipping hammer
Wheel awaiting a tyre
Second tyre nearly in place
Using a press on the tyre join
Shaping with a drawknife
A taper auger
Dampening the flames
Welding a tyre
An example of the wheelwrights art
Tyre nearly in place
Large bow saw in use on spoke ends
Trimming with a drawknife
Welding the tyre
Using a taper auger on a wheel hub
A 12 spoked wheel
Using a rasp
Welding the tyre
Cooling down
Shaping an adze handle
Fitting a heated tyre on the wheel
Clamping the wheel down
Cleaning up
Close up of the hub
A traveller in use on the wheel.
Cleaning up the weld
Using a press on the tyre
Initial shaping
Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Welding the tyre joint
Drawknife in use
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