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