Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
An example of wheel making in the past
Bow saw in use cleaning up spoke ends
Using a chipping hammer
Second tyre nearly in place
Cleaning up the tyre
Cleaning up with an angle grinder
Clamping the wheel down
Checking the tyre circumference
A taper auger
Using a rasp to shape a notch
Shaping with a rasp
Using a taper auger on a wheel hub
Cooling down while the trye is hammered in place
Sawing off the spoke ends
Using a rasp
A wheel in need of repair
Close up of the hub
Boring a hub the traditional way
Drawknife in use
Cooling down
Cooling the tyre down
Cleaning up with the drawknife
A corner of the wheelwrights shop
Using a press on the tyre join
The second tyre being hammered in place
Cleaning up the weld
Welding the tyre
Detail of a 12 spoked wheel
Tail vice and dog
Cleaning up the felloes
Drawknife in use on the felloes
Drawknife in use
A pile of iron hubs
Drawknife in use again.
Cleaning up
Detail of the wheel
A few finishing touches to the second tyre
The hot tyre in place
Checking the size of the tyre with a traveller
European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Fitting the felloes together
Wheel awaiting a tyre
Sawing off the spoke ends
Welding the tyre
Welding
A 12 spoked wheel
Field gun wheels
Still cooling off.
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