Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Detail of a 12 spoked wheel
Welding an iron band for a wheel hub
Sawing off the spoke ends
Cleaning up the weld
Tyre nearly in place
Using a chipping hammer
Second tyre nearly in place
Welding the tyre
Drawknife in use
A taper auger in use boring a wheel hub
Shaping with a rasp
A few finishing touches to the second tyre
Welding the tyre
A few finishing taps
Fitting a heated tyre on the wheel
Using a rasp to shape a notch
Wheel in position for the tyre
Using a press on the tyre
Shaping an adze handle
Second tyre being hammered into place
Drawknife in use
A corner of the wheelwrights shop
Welding a hub band
There is a wheel somewhere under the steam
Applying a hot tyre
Cleaning up the tyre
Using a taper auger on a wheel hub
Drawknife in use on the felloes
Letting off steam
Still cooling off.
Cleaning up
Trimming with a drawknife
An example of wheel making in the past
Cooling the tyre down
Welding the tyre
The hot tyre in place
Cooling the hot tyre
Welding
A pile of iron hubs
Detail of the wheel
Marking out a felloe
Tail vice and dog
European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Trimming the felloes
Welding a hub band
Boring a hub the traditional way
Welding a tyre
Newly made wheel awaiting a tyre
Cleaning up with an angle grinder
Hammering the tyre into place
Sawing off the spoke ends
Welding the tyre joint
Clamping the wheel down
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