Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Welding a tyre
Clamping the wheel down
Welding an iron band for a wheel hub
A corner of the wheelwrights shop
European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
A 12 spoked wheel
A few finishing taps
Drawknife in use again.
Welding a hub band
Checking the size of the tyre with a traveller
Not just a wheelwright but a rakemaker too.
A long job in hand in the wheelwrights shop.
The second tyre being hammered in place
Fitting a heated tyre on the wheel
Drawknife in use
Cleaning up
Detail of the wheel
Clamped in place for tyring
Detail of a 12 spoked wheel
Welding the tyre
Bow saw in use cleaning up spoke ends
Cleaning up the felloes
Spot welding
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