Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Shaping with a drawknife
Welding the tyre joint
A 12 spoked wheel
Using a press on the tyre
Cleaning up with an angle grinder
Second tyre being hammered into place
Still cooling off.
Detail of a 12 spoked wheel
Welding a hub band
Trimming the felloes to shape with a drawknife
Boring a hub the traditional way
A wheel in need of repair
Adzes awaiting handles
Checking the size of the tyre with a traveller
Close up of the clamping
Cleaning up the tyre
Cooling down while the trye is hammered in place
Welding a tyre
Applying a hot tyre
Clamping the tyre ready for welding
A taper auger in use boring a wheel hub
Marking out a felloe
Using a press on the tyre join
Fitting the hot tyre
Drawknife in use on the felloes
A few finishing taps
Shaping with a rasp
There is a wheel somewhere under the steam
Tyre nearly in place
Using a taper auger on a wheel hub
Drawknife in use
Not just a wheelwright but a rakemaker too.
A traveller in use on the wheel.
An example of wheel making in the past
Dampening the flames
Detail of the wheel
Checking the tyre circumference
Newly made wheel awaiting a tyre
A taper auger
Hammering the tyre into place
Welding an iron band for a wheel hub
Shaping an adze handle
Drawknife in use shaping
A few finishing touches to the second tyre
European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
The first stage in shaping
Welding a hub band
A pile of iron hubs
The hot tyre in place
Fitting a heated tyre on the wheel
The second tyre being hammered in place
Cooling down
Fitting the felloes together
Drawknife in use
A long job in hand in the wheelwrights shop.
Clamped in place for tyring
Using a rasp
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