Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Letting off steam
Cleaning up the tyre
Welding the tyre
Tyre nearly in place
Checking the size of the tyre with a traveller
Checking the tyre circumference
Drawknife in use shaping
Drawknife in use
Drawknife in use
Sawing off the spoke ends
Fitting the felloes together
Wheel awaiting a tyre
Hammering the tyre into place
A few finishing touches to the second tyre
Using a taper auger on a wheel hub
Second tyre being hammered into place
Large bow saw in use on spoke ends
The first stage in shaping
Still cooling off.
Tail vice and dog
Cleaning up with the drawknife
Drawknife in use on the felloes
Welding a tyre
Adzes awaiting handles
Second tyre nearly in place
Welding the tyre joint
Using a press on the tyre join
Boring a hub the traditional way
Trimming the felloes to shape with a drawknife
Welding a hub band
Checking the tyre is properly fitted.
Initial shaping
Bow saw in use cleaning up spoke ends
Cooling down
Using a rasp
Detail of a 12 spoked wheel
Boring a hub with a taper auger
The hot tyre in place
Applying a hot tyre
Close up of the hub
European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Marking out a felloe
Cleaning up the tyre
Using a rasp to shape a notch
Spot welding
A 12 spoked wheel
A traveller in use on the wheel.
Detail of the wheel
A long job in hand in the wheelwrights shop.
Cleaning up with an angle grinder
Welding the tyre
A taper auger
A few finishing taps
Clamping the tyre ready for welding
Welding
Cleaning up
Drawknife in use again.
Shaped handles just made.
A taper auger in use boring a wheel hub
A wheel in need of repair
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