European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Clamped in place for tyring
Shaping with a drawknife
Cooling the hot tyre
Cleaning up the weld
A few finishing touches to the second tyre
Trimming the felloes to shape with a drawknife
Trimming with a drawknife
Using a press on the tyre join
Welding the tyre
Bow saw in use cleaning up spoke ends
Second tyre being hammered into place
The hot tyre in place
Still cooling off.
Fitting a heated tyre on the wheel
Boring a hub the traditional way
A taper auger in use boring a wheel hub
Close up of the clamping
The second tyre being hammered in place
Welding a tyre
An example of wheel making in the past
A pile of iron hubs
Drawknife in use
Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Cleaning up with an angle grinder
Newly made wheel awaiting a tyre
A taper auger
Dampening the flames
Initial shaping
Drawknife in use again.
Sawing off the spoke ends
Large bow saw in use on spoke ends
Welding the tyre
Shaped handles just made.
Cleaning up
Trimming the felloes
Welding a hub band
Laying the wheel on the tyring stand
A traveller in use on the wheel.
Tail vice and dog
Cleaning up the tyre
Not just a wheelwright but a rakemaker too.
Preparing the wheel for tyring
A few finishing taps
Clamping the tyre ready for welding
Drawknife in use
Using a press on the tyre
A wheel in need of repair
Welding the tyre joint
Checking the tyre circumference
Fitting the felloes together
Checking the tyre is properly fitted.
Using a chipping hammer
Welding
Wheel awaiting a tyre
Boring a hub with a taper auger
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