Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Cooling the tyre down
An example of wheel making in the past
Shaped handles just made.
Shaping with a drawknife
Applying a hot tyre
Cooling the hot tyre
Detail of a 12 spoked wheel
Cleaning up
Marking out a felloe
Field gun wheels
Cleaning up with an angle grinder
Clamping the tyre ready for welding
Laying the wheel on the tyring stand
Not just a wheelwright but a rakemaker too.
An interesting wheel!
Cooling down while the trye is hammered in place
A wheel in need of repair
Using a press on the tyre join
European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Drawknife in use again.
Cooling down
Using a rasp to shape a notch
Shaping with a rasp
Spot welding
Using a press on the tyre
Fitting the hot tyre
Trimming the felloes
Drawknife in use
Using a taper auger on a wheel hub
Preparing the wheel for tyring
Drawknife in use shaping
Still cooling off.
Detail of the wheel
An example of the wheelwrights art
Trimming with a drawknife
Welding
Sawing off the spoke ends
Fitting the felloes together
Welding the tyre joint
Cleaning up
The first stage in shaping
A few finishing taps
Checking the tyre circumference
Drawknife in use
Large bow saw in use on spoke ends
There is a wheel somewhere under the steam
Second tyre being hammered into place
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