Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Wheel awaiting a tyre
Cleaning up the felloes
Using a rasp to shape a notch
Drawknife in use
Cleaning up with the drawknife
Clamped in place for tyring
Shaping with a rasp
A wheel in need of repair
An interesting wheel!
Cooling the hot tyre
Drawknife in use shaping
Welding the tyre joint
Large bow saw in use on spoke ends
Field gun wheels
The first stage in shaping
Drawknife in use
Not just a wheelwright but a rakemaker too.
Detail of the wheel
Adzes awaiting handles
Applying a hot tyre
Using a taper auger on a wheel hub
Cleaning up
Welding
A traveller in use on the wheel.
Shaping an adze handle
Cleaning up the tyre
Fitting the hot tyre
Trimming the felloes
Sawing off the spoke ends
Using a rasp
Cleaning up
Cooling down
Using a press on the tyre join
Boring a hub the traditional way
A long job in hand in the wheelwrights shop.
Close up of the clamping
The second tyre being hammered in place
Welding an iron band for a wheel hub
Tyre nearly in place
Drawknife in use
A taper auger
Cooling down while the trye is hammered in place
An example of the wheelwrights art
Hammering the tyre into place
Welding a hub band
There is a wheel somewhere under the steam
Drawknife in use again.
A few finishing touches to the second tyre
Bow saw in use cleaning up spoke ends
Cleaning up with an angle grinder
European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Drawknife in use on the felloes
Welding the tyre
Marking out a felloe
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