Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
A pile of iron hubs
Initial shaping
Welding a tyre
Sawing off the spoke ends
Cleaning up the felloes
Cooling down while the trye is hammered in place
Checking the size of the tyre with a traveller
Cleaning up the tyre
Cleaning up the tyre
Welding the tyre
Detail of a 12 spoked wheel
Cleaning up the weld
Field gun wheels
Clamping the wheel down
European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Boring a hub with a taper auger
Field gun wheels
An interesting wheel!
Wheel awaiting a tyre
Bow saw in use cleaning up spoke ends
Drawknife in use shaping
Welding the tyre
Cleaning up
Wheel in position for the tyre
Fitting a heated tyre on the wheel
Cooling the tyre down
Clamped in place for tyring
Drawknife in use on the felloes
Second tyre nearly in place
Laying the wheel on the tyring stand
Boring a hub the traditional way
Dampening the flames
Cooling down
Shaping an adze handle
There is a wheel somewhere under the steam
The hot tyre in place
Large bow saw in use on spoke ends
The second tyre being hammered in place
Hammering the tyre into place
A few finishing taps
An example of wheel making in the past
A 12 spoked wheel
Clamping the tyre ready for welding
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