Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Cooling down while the trye is hammered in place
European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Cleaning up the felloes
Welding
Welding a hub band
Cooling down
A taper auger in use boring a wheel hub
Laying the wheel on the tyring stand
Trimming with a drawknife
Tyre nearly in place
Welding an iron band for a wheel hub
A wheel in need of repair
A traveller in use on the wheel.
Fitting the felloes together
Welding the tyre
Close up of the clamping
A taper auger
Close up of the hub
Clamping the wheel down
Preparing the wheel for tyring
Using a press on the tyre
Cleaning up
Using a chipping hammer
An example of wheel making in the past
Welding a hub band
Large bow saw in use on spoke ends
Drawknife in use shaping
Applying a hot tyre
Welding the tyre
The first stage in shaping
Shaping with a rasp
An example of the wheelwrights art
Trimming the felloes
Second tyre nearly in place
There is a wheel somewhere under the steam
Fitting a heated tyre on the wheel
Cleaning up the tyre
Shaping with a rasp
Shaping with a drawknife
Initial shaping
Cleaning up the weld
Using a rasp to shape a notch
Wheel in position for the tyre
Field gun wheels
Checking the size of the tyre with a traveller
Clamping the tyre ready for welding
Drawknife in use on the felloes
Shaping an adze handle
Detail of the wheel
Boring a hub with a taper auger
Cooling the tyre down
A long job in hand in the wheelwrights shop.
The hot tyre in place
An interesting wheel!
Welding the tyre
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