Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Drawknife in use on the felloes
Boring a hub the traditional way
Initial shaping
A pile of iron hubs
The second tyre being hammered in place
Fitting the hot tyre
A corner of the wheelwrights shop
Welding the tyre
Drawknife in use
Trimming the felloes
Shaping an adze handle
Clamping the tyre ready for welding
A wheel in need of repair
Welding an iron band for a wheel hub
European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Sawing off the spoke ends
Spot welding
Not just a wheelwright but a rakemaker too.
Cleaning up with the drawknife
Shaping with a rasp
Cleaning up the tyre
Welding a hub band
Newly made wheel awaiting a tyre
Cooling the hot tyre
Letting off steam
Shaping with a rasp
Still cooling off.
Checking the size of the tyre with a traveller
Using a rasp to shape a notch
Using a press on the tyre join
There is a wheel somewhere under the steam
Applying a hot tyre
A few finishing touches to the second tyre
Cleaning up the tyre
Cleaning up with an angle grinder
Cleaning up
Tail vice and dog
Cleaning up the felloes
Marking out a felloe
Cooling the tyre down
Welding a tyre
An example of wheel making in the past
Using a press on the tyre
Fitting the felloes together
A few finishing taps
Tyre nearly in place
Second tyre nearly in place
Using a taper auger on a wheel hub
Drawknife in use shaping
Laying the wheel on the tyring stand
Shaped handles just made.
An example of the wheelwrights art
A long job in hand in the wheelwrights shop.
Wheel awaiting a tyre
Sawing off the spoke ends
Shaping with a drawknife
Boring a hub with a taper auger
Second tyre being hammered into place
A taper auger in use boring a wheel hub
The first stage in shaping
Cooling down while the trye is hammered in place
Trimming with a drawknife
Detail of the wheel
Cleaning up the weld
Fitting a heated tyre on the wheel
Hammering the tyre into place
A 12 spoked wheel
A taper auger
Cooling down
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