European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
The second tyre being hammered in place
Tyre nearly in place
Marking out a felloe
Drawknife in use
Using a press on the tyre join
Boring a hub with a taper auger
Applying a hot tyre
A long job in hand in the wheelwrights shop.
Cleaning up with an angle grinder
A pile of iron hubs
The first stage in shaping
Using a press on the tyre
Not just a wheelwright but a rakemaker too.
Shaping with a rasp
A few finishing taps
Drawknife in use
Close up of the hub
Newly made wheel awaiting a tyre
Shaping an adze handle
Cleaning up the felloes
Initial shaping
Welding
Using a rasp
Large bow saw in use on spoke ends
Preparing the wheel for tyring
Fitting the felloes together
A taper auger in use boring a wheel hub
Welding the tyre
Spot welding
An interesting wheel!
A taper auger
Drawknife in use on the felloes
A few finishing touches to the second tyre
Wheel in position for the tyre
Clamped in place for tyring
An example of wheel making in the past
Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
An example of the wheelwrights art
Tail vice and dog
Checking the tyre is properly fitted.
A corner of the wheelwrights shop
Welding the tyre
Second tyre nearly in place
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