Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Detail of the wheel
Cleaning up the tyre
Boring a hub the traditional way
Checking the size of the tyre with a traveller
Welding the tyre
Preparing the wheel for tyring
Close up of the hub
Checking the tyre circumference
Field gun wheels
Tail vice and dog
Dampening the flames
Using a rasp
Cleaning up the felloes
European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Shaped handles just made.
Bow saw in use cleaning up spoke ends
Drawknife in use
Cooling the tyre down
Cooling down
A traveller in use on the wheel.
Laying the wheel on the tyring stand
Not just a wheelwright but a rakemaker too.
A pile of iron hubs
Fitting the felloes together
Clamped in place for tyring
Cleaning up the weld
Cleaning up
Shaping with a rasp
There is a wheel somewhere under the steam
Clamping the wheel down
Letting off steam
Welding an iron band for a wheel hub
Using a rasp to shape a notch
Cleaning up
Welding the tyre
Trimming with a drawknife
Welding the tyre
Initial shaping
The first stage in shaping
The hot tyre in place
Clamping the tyre ready for welding
Welding
Still cooling off.
Boring a hub with a taper auger
Detail of a 12 spoked wheel
Using a press on the tyre
Large bow saw in use on spoke ends
A 12 spoked wheel
Hammering the tyre into place
Checking the tyre is properly fitted.
Cooling the hot tyre
Sawing off the spoke ends
Drawknife in use shaping
Applying a hot tyre
Drawknife in use
Trimming the felloes
The second tyre being hammered in place
Sawing off the spoke ends
Close up of the clamping
Cooling down while the trye is hammered in place
Tyre nearly in place
Wheel awaiting a tyre
Fitting a heated tyre on the wheel
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