Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Boring a hub the traditional way
The hot tyre in place
Fitting the felloes together
Welding a hub band
A taper auger
Cleaning up with an angle grinder
Drawknife in use
Tyre nearly in place
Fitting the hot tyre
Clamping the tyre ready for welding
A wheel in need of repair
Welding the tyre joint
A traveller in use on the wheel.
Checking the tyre is properly fitted.
Using a taper auger on a wheel hub
Initial shaping
Wheel in position for the tyre
Trimming the felloes to shape with a drawknife
European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Shaping with a rasp
Tail vice and dog
Laying the wheel on the tyring stand
Shaping an adze handle
Applying a hot tyre
Cleaning up the tyre
Cleaning up
Letting off steam
Sawing off the spoke ends
A few finishing touches to the second tyre
Welding a hub band
An example of wheel making in the past
Cooling down while the trye is hammered in place
Welding the tyre
A 12 spoked wheel
Cleaning up with the drawknife
There is a wheel somewhere under the steam
Newly made wheel awaiting a tyre
Shaping with a rasp
Trimming with a drawknife
Adzes awaiting handles
The second tyre being hammered in place
The first stage in shaping
Clamping the wheel down
Welding the tyre
Using a press on the tyre
Shaping with a drawknife
Drawknife in use
Cleaning up the weld
Using a rasp to shape a notch
Dampening the flames
Large bow saw in use on spoke ends
Clamped in place for tyring
Welding
Cooling the hot tyre
A long job in hand in the wheelwrights shop.
Welding an iron band for a wheel hub
Welding a tyre
Using a chipping hammer
A taper auger in use boring a wheel hub
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