Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Initial shaping
Using a rasp
Cleaning up the weld
An interesting wheel!
Fitting the hot tyre
Shaping an adze handle
Drawknife in use again.
Welding
Adzes awaiting handles
Still cooling off.
Large bow saw in use on spoke ends
The first stage in shaping
Laying the wheel on the tyring stand
Shaping with a rasp
A few finishing touches to the second tyre
Tail vice and dog
Cooling the hot tyre
Trimming the felloes to shape with a drawknife
There is a wheel somewhere under the steam
Drawknife in use
An example of wheel making in the past
European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Cleaning up with an angle grinder
Detail of a 12 spoked wheel
Cooling the tyre down
Shaped handles just made.
Using a chipping hammer
Using a taper auger on a wheel hub
Spot welding
Welding an iron band for a wheel hub
A few finishing taps
Trimming with a drawknife
Hammering the tyre into place
Sawing off the spoke ends
Welding the tyre
Cleaning up
Not just a wheelwright but a rakemaker too.
Cleaning up the felloes
Drawknife in use
Second tyre being hammered into place
Drawknife in use on the felloes
An example of the wheelwrights art
Cleaning up with the drawknife
Drawknife in use
Welding the tyre
A long job in hand in the wheelwrights shop.
Cooling down while the trye is hammered in place
Checking the tyre circumference
Fitting the felloes together
Wheel in position for the tyre
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