European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Cooling the hot tyre
Using a rasp to shape a notch
Spot welding
Welding the tyre
Clamped in place for tyring
Welding a hub band
A corner of the wheelwrights shop
Boring a hub the traditional way
An interesting wheel!
A 12 spoked wheel
Still cooling off.
Cooling down while the trye is hammered in place
Cleaning up the tyre
Fitting the hot tyre
Detail of the wheel
Close up of the clamping
The first stage in shaping
Tail vice and dog
Cleaning up
Cleaning up the tyre
Close up of the hub
Using a rasp
A taper auger
Drawknife in use
Drawknife in use
Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Clamping the wheel down
A few finishing touches to the second tyre
Sawing off the spoke ends
Shaped handles just made.
Cleaning up with an angle grinder
Cooling down
Trimming the felloes
An example of the wheelwrights art
Checking the tyre circumference
Letting off steam
Welding a tyre
Hammering the tyre into place
Newly made wheel awaiting a tyre
A taper auger in use boring a wheel hub
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