Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Checking the tyre circumference
Preparing the wheel for tyring
Drawknife in use
Cleaning up with an angle grinder
Shaping with a rasp
Cleaning up the tyre
Tyre nearly in place
Second tyre nearly in place
Shaped handles just made.
Fitting a heated tyre on the wheel
A wheel in need of repair
The hot tyre in place
Letting off steam
Welding a tyre
An example of the wheelwrights art
Cleaning up the weld
Welding the tyre joint
Initial shaping
A long job in hand in the wheelwrights shop.
Wheel in position for the tyre
There is a wheel somewhere under the steam
Applying a hot tyre
Clamping the wheel down
A taper auger
Trimming the felloes to shape with a drawknife
A traveller in use on the wheel.
A pile of iron hubs
Cleaning up the tyre
Drawknife in use on the felloes
Boring a hub with a taper auger
An interesting wheel!
Still cooling off.
Shaping with a rasp
Not just a wheelwright but a rakemaker too.
Close up of the hub
European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Checking the size of the tyre with a traveller
A corner of the wheelwrights shop
Trimming with a drawknife
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