Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Drawknife in use
Applying a hot tyre
Wheel awaiting a tyre
Trimming with a drawknife
A traveller in use on the wheel.
Welding a hub band
Cooling the tyre down
A few finishing touches to the second tyre
Clamping the tyre ready for welding
A corner of the wheelwrights shop
Welding the tyre
Adzes awaiting handles
Second tyre being hammered into place
Welding an iron band for a wheel hub
Field gun wheels
The first stage in shaping
Sawing off the spoke ends
Cleaning up with an angle grinder
The second tyre being hammered in place
Welding the tyre joint
Tail vice and dog
European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Sawing off the spoke ends
Second tyre nearly in place
Not just a wheelwright but a rakemaker too.
Welding a hub band
Welding a tyre
Shaped handles just made.
Using a taper auger on a wheel hub
Welding
Cleaning up
Fitting a heated tyre on the wheel
Clamped in place for tyring
Large bow saw in use on spoke ends
A long job in hand in the wheelwrights shop.
Still cooling off.
Welding the tyre
Dampening the flames
Cooling down while the trye is hammered in place
Cooling down
Detail of a 12 spoked wheel
Letting off steam
Cooling the hot tyre
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