Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Trimming the felloes
Drawknife in use again.
Cleaning up with the drawknife
Detail of the wheel
A 12 spoked wheel
Welding the tyre
Adzes awaiting handles
Spot welding
Tyre nearly in place
Bow saw in use cleaning up spoke ends
Shaping an adze handle
Using a taper auger on a wheel hub
Newly made wheel awaiting a tyre
Drawknife in use shaping
A wheel in need of repair
Cleaning up the tyre
Initial shaping
The first stage in shaping
Still cooling off.
Cooling down while the trye is hammered in place
Not just a wheelwright but a rakemaker too.
Clamping the wheel down
Drawknife in use
Using a press on the tyre
Second tyre nearly in place
Cooling the tyre down
Welding a tyre
Laying the wheel on the tyring stand
An example of the wheelwrights art
An interesting wheel!
Dampening the flames
Shaping with a rasp
A taper auger
Detail of a 12 spoked wheel
Shaping with a drawknife
Shaped handles just made.
Fitting the hot tyre
Checking the size of the tyre with a traveller
Drawknife in use
European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Applying a hot tyre
Welding a hub band
Checking the tyre is properly fitted.
Cleaning up
Cooling the hot tyre
Hammering the tyre into place
The second tyre being hammered in place
A few finishing taps
Welding the tyre joint
Preparing the wheel for tyring
Cleaning up
Using a chipping hammer
Welding
An example of wheel making in the past
Checking the tyre circumference
Welding a hub band
Welding the tyre
Marking out a felloe
A few finishing touches to the second tyre
Wheel in position for the tyre
Using a rasp to shape a notch
Tail vice and dog
Trimming the felloes to shape with a drawknife
Welding the tyre
The hot tyre in place
Close up of the hub
A pile of iron hubs
Cleaning up with an angle grinder
Using a press on the tyre join
Clamping the tyre ready for welding
Drawknife in use on the felloes
Drawknife in use
Wheel awaiting a tyre
Trimming with a drawknife
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