European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Shaping with a rasp
Drawknife in use on the felloes
The hot tyre in place
Cleaning up with an angle grinder
Initial shaping
Drawknife in use shaping
Drawknife in use
Cleaning up with the drawknife
Welding a hub band
The second tyre being hammered in place
Letting off steam
Cleaning up the tyre
A 12 spoked wheel
An example of wheel making in the past
Using a taper auger on a wheel hub
Detail of a 12 spoked wheel
Clamping the wheel down
Boring a hub with a taper auger
A few finishing touches to the second tyre
Using a rasp
Applying a hot tyre
Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Marking out a felloe
Cleaning up
Drawknife in use again.
Welding the tyre
A pile of iron hubs
An interesting wheel!
A traveller in use on the wheel.
Checking the size of the tyre with a traveller
Using a press on the tyre join
Welding a tyre
Using a press on the tyre
Wheel awaiting a tyre
Checking the tyre is properly fitted.
Welding an iron band for a wheel hub
Welding
Shaping with a drawknife
There is a wheel somewhere under the steam
Shaped handles just made.
Bow saw in use cleaning up spoke ends
Boring a hub the traditional way
Cleaning up the felloes
Cooling the tyre down
Preparing the wheel for tyring
Clamped in place for tyring
A taper auger
Shaping an adze handle
A corner of the wheelwrights shop
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