Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Fitting the felloes together
Cleaning up the weld
Welding the tyre
Applying a hot tyre
Boring a hub with a taper auger
Shaping with a rasp
Using a rasp
Detail of the wheel
Drawknife in use
Shaping an adze handle
Cleaning up
Welding
Shaping with a drawknife
Checking the tyre circumference
Letting off steam
Cleaning up the tyre
Welding a hub band
Fitting the hot tyre
Cooling down
Cooling down while the trye is hammered in place
A few finishing taps
Bow saw in use cleaning up spoke ends
Newly made wheel awaiting a tyre
A taper auger in use boring a wheel hub
Cleaning up with an angle grinder
A traveller in use on the wheel.
Large bow saw in use on spoke ends
Not just a wheelwright but a rakemaker too.
Trimming with a drawknife
Close up of the clamping
Cooling the hot tyre
The first stage in shaping
Adzes awaiting handles
Using a taper auger on a wheel hub
Sawing off the spoke ends
Drawknife in use on the felloes
Clamping the tyre ready for welding
A pile of iron hubs
Using a press on the tyre join
Welding a hub band
Boring a hub the traditional way
Second tyre nearly in place
An interesting wheel!
Welding the tyre
Marking out a felloe
Wheel in position for the tyre
Close up of the hub
The hot tyre in place
Using a chipping hammer
Checking the tyre is properly fitted.
Tail vice and dog
Drawknife in use shaping
Cleaning up with the drawknife
Cooling the tyre down
A 12 spoked wheel
Field gun wheels
A taper auger
Shaping with a rasp
European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Cleaning up the felloes
There is a wheel somewhere under the steam
Cleaning up the tyre
An example of the wheelwrights art
Preparing the wheel for tyring
Detail of a 12 spoked wheel
Clamping the wheel down
Using a rasp to shape a notch
Sawing off the spoke ends
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