Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Marking out a felloe
European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Welding
Drawknife in use again.
Wheel in position for the tyre
Clamping the wheel down
Initial shaping
Fitting the hot tyre
Drawknife in use
The hot tyre in place
Shaping an adze handle
An example of wheel making in the past
Welding a tyre
Using a press on the tyre
A taper auger
Using a rasp to shape a notch
Close up of the clamping
Cooling the tyre down
Sawing off the spoke ends
A wheel in need of repair
Cleaning up with the drawknife
A corner of the wheelwrights shop
Large bow saw in use on spoke ends
Using a chipping hammer
Cleaning up with an angle grinder
Checking the tyre is properly fitted.
Close up of the hub
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