Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
An example of wheel making in the past
Adzes awaiting handles
Cleaning up
There is a wheel somewhere under the steam
Using a taper auger on a wheel hub
European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Wheel in position for the tyre
Initial shaping
Fitting a heated tyre on the wheel
A traveller in use on the wheel.
Fitting the felloes together
Drawknife in use on the felloes
Spot welding
Cooling the hot tyre
Welding the tyre
Clamping the wheel down
Trimming the felloes
Welding an iron band for a wheel hub
A long job in hand in the wheelwrights shop.
Using a chipping hammer
Clamped in place for tyring
Second tyre nearly in place
Cooling down
Large bow saw in use on spoke ends
Cleaning up the tyre
A corner of the wheelwrights shop
Tyre nearly in place
A 12 spoked wheel
Welding the tyre
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