Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Cleaning up with an angle grinder
Checking the size of the tyre with a traveller
Laying the wheel on the tyring stand
A taper auger
Cooling down
Cleaning up the tyre
Adzes awaiting handles
Using a press on the tyre join
Cleaning up with the drawknife
Welding a tyre
Detail of a 12 spoked wheel
Second tyre being hammered into place
Fitting the hot tyre
Sawing off the spoke ends
Tail vice and dog
Sawing off the spoke ends
Applying a hot tyre
Marking out a felloe
Using a rasp to shape a notch
Hammering the tyre into place
Dampening the flames
Drawknife in use on the felloes
Shaping with a rasp
Second tyre nearly in place
Drawknife in use
Welding a hub band
A 12 spoked wheel
Fitting a heated tyre on the wheel
Using a taper auger on a wheel hub
Welding
Welding the tyre
Welding a hub band
Field gun wheels
Shaping with a drawknife
Welding an iron band for a wheel hub
Boring a hub with a taper auger
A few finishing touches to the second tyre
Newly made wheel awaiting a tyre
Tyre nearly in place
Letting off steam
Drawknife in use
A few finishing taps
Preparing the wheel for tyring
Trimming with a drawknife
Clamping the tyre ready for welding
Close up of the clamping
Trimming the felloes to shape with a drawknife
European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
A pile of iron hubs
Detail of the wheel
Fitting the felloes together
The second tyre being hammered in place
Checking the tyre is properly fitted.
Boring a hub the traditional way
Drawknife in use shaping
The first stage in shaping
An interesting wheel!
A long job in hand in the wheelwrights shop.
Drawknife in use
Cooling down while the trye is hammered in place
Close up of the hub
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