Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Checking the size of the tyre with a traveller
A few finishing touches to the second tyre
Using a taper auger on a wheel hub
Checking the tyre circumference
Welding
Trimming with a drawknife
Welding a hub band
A pile of iron hubs
Cooling the tyre down
Welding the tyre
Cleaning up the tyre
Shaping with a rasp
Cleaning up the weld
A wheel in need of repair
Drawknife in use
Field gun wheels
Initial shaping
Using a press on the tyre
Tail vice and dog
A traveller in use on the wheel.
European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Trimming the felloes
Not just a wheelwright but a rakemaker too.
Close up of the hub
Drawknife in use again.
The second tyre being hammered in place
Cooling down while the trye is hammered in place
The hot tyre in place
Cleaning up
Detail of a 12 spoked wheel
Sawing off the spoke ends
An example of the wheelwrights art
Dampening the flames
Cleaning up with an angle grinder
A taper auger
Trimming the felloes to shape with a drawknife
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