Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Wheel awaiting a tyre
The hot tyre in place
A pile of iron hubs
Using a rasp to shape a notch
Wheel in position for the tyre
Second tyre being hammered into place
The first stage in shaping
Trimming with a drawknife
Shaping an adze handle
Welding the tyre
Initial shaping
Drawknife in use again.
Using a press on the tyre join
Clamping the wheel down
Applying a hot tyre
Cleaning up the weld
Checking the tyre is properly fitted.
European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Dampening the flames
Cleaning up
A long job in hand in the wheelwrights shop.
A few finishing touches to the second tyre
Checking the size of the tyre with a traveller
A few finishing taps
Welding the tyre
Detail of a 12 spoked wheel
Sawing off the spoke ends
Cleaning up with the drawknife
A wheel in need of repair
Not just a wheelwright but a rakemaker too.
Still cooling off.
Cleaning up the felloes
Welding the tyre
Laying the wheel on the tyring stand
An example of wheel making in the past
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