Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Cleaning up with an angle grinder
A traveller in use on the wheel.
Welding an iron band for a wheel hub
There is a wheel somewhere under the steam
A few finishing taps
Fitting the hot tyre
Cleaning up the tyre
Using a taper auger on a wheel hub
Drawknife in use
Welding a hub band
Second tyre nearly in place
Trimming the felloes to shape with a drawknife
Cooling the tyre down
Detail of a 12 spoked wheel
Fitting the felloes together
The first stage in shaping
Laying the wheel on the tyring stand
Trimming the felloes
Not just a wheelwright but a rakemaker too.
Tail vice and dog
Drawknife in use
Close up of the hub
Using a rasp
Second tyre being hammered into place
Applying a hot tyre
Using a rasp to shape a notch
Checking the tyre is properly fitted.
A few finishing touches to the second tyre
Newly made wheel awaiting a tyre
European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Sawing off the spoke ends
An example of the wheelwrights art
A taper auger
Hammering the tyre into place
Cleaning up the felloes
Cleaning up the weld
An interesting wheel!
Welding the tyre
A taper auger in use boring a wheel hub
Welding the tyre
Drawknife in use on the felloes
Welding a tyre
Still cooling off.
Drawknife in use again.
Shaping an adze handle
Cooling down
Wheel awaiting a tyre
Wheel in position for the tyre
Drawknife in use
Drawknife in use shaping
A wheel in need of repair
Marking out a felloe
An example of wheel making in the past
Close up of the clamping
Cleaning up the tyre
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