Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Applying a hot tyre
Using a rasp to shape a notch
Clamping the wheel down
Dampening the flames
Drawknife in use
Using a press on the tyre join
Welding the tyre
Checking the tyre circumference
The first stage in shaping
Close up of the clamping
Letting off steam
Boring a hub the traditional way
Bow saw in use cleaning up spoke ends
Drawknife in use shaping
Newly made wheel awaiting a tyre
Clamping the tyre ready for welding
Preparing the wheel for tyring
Clamped in place for tyring
Cleaning up the tyre
Detail of the wheel
Shaping an adze handle
A pile of iron hubs
Cooling down while the trye is hammered in place
Wheel awaiting a tyre
Fitting a heated tyre on the wheel
The hot tyre in place
Adzes awaiting handles
Tail vice and dog
Cooling down
Field gun wheels
An example of the wheelwrights art
Welding a tyre
A taper auger in use boring a wheel hub
European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Close up of the hub
Cleaning up
A corner of the wheelwrights shop
Still cooling off.
A few finishing touches to the second tyre
Drawknife in use
Checking the tyre is properly fitted.
Detail of a 12 spoked wheel
Welding the tyre joint
A long job in hand in the wheelwrights shop.
Wheel in position for the tyre
Welding a hub band
Welding the tyre
Checking the size of the tyre with a traveller
An example of wheel making in the past
The second tyre being hammered in place
Cleaning up with an angle grinder
Second tyre being hammered into place
Drawknife in use again.
Second tyre nearly in place
A traveller in use on the wheel.
Spot welding
Initial shaping
Fitting the hot tyre
Cleaning up the tyre
A 12 spoked wheel
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