Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Welding the tyre joint
Cleaning up
Clamped in place for tyring
Detail of a 12 spoked wheel
Boring a hub the traditional way
A long job in hand in the wheelwrights shop.
Trimming the felloes
Cleaning up
Tail vice and dog
Trimming the felloes to shape with a drawknife
A pile of iron hubs
Welding the tyre
Wheel in position for the tyre
Cleaning up with the drawknife
Fitting the hot tyre
Shaping an adze handle
Shaping with a rasp
Welding the tyre
An example of wheel making in the past
There is a wheel somewhere under the steam
Bow saw in use cleaning up spoke ends
Welding a hub band
Second tyre being hammered into place
Cooling the tyre down
Using a taper auger on a wheel hub
Checking the tyre circumference
Large bow saw in use on spoke ends
Shaping with a drawknife
Checking the size of the tyre with a traveller
A 12 spoked wheel
Newly made wheel awaiting a tyre
Shaping with a rasp
Welding the tyre
Drawknife in use
Detail of the wheel
Hammering the tyre into place
Initial shaping
The hot tyre in place
Welding a tyre
Welding a hub band
Cleaning up the felloes
Cooling down
Using a chipping hammer
Using a rasp
Close up of the hub
Tyre nearly in place
A corner of the wheelwrights shop
Shaped handles just made.
An interesting wheel!
An example of the wheelwrights art
Drawknife in use
European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Cooling down while the trye is hammered in place
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