Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Drawknife in use on the felloes
Wheel awaiting a tyre
Cooling the tyre down
Cleaning up with the drawknife
Drawknife in use again.
Checking the tyre circumference
Clamping the wheel down
Using a press on the tyre
Laying the wheel on the tyring stand
Spot welding
Drawknife in use
Drawknife in use shaping
An interesting wheel!
Cleaning up the tyre
Preparing the wheel for tyring
Not just a wheelwright but a rakemaker too.
Cooling the hot tyre
Cleaning up the weld
Welding an iron band for a wheel hub
Welding a tyre
Welding the tyre joint
Sawing off the spoke ends
The first stage in shaping
There is a wheel somewhere under the steam
Bow saw in use cleaning up spoke ends
European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Applying a hot tyre
Close up of the hub
A long job in hand in the wheelwrights shop.
Cooling down while the trye is hammered in place
Cleaning up the tyre
Still cooling off.
A taper auger
A wheel in need of repair
Checking the size of the tyre with a traveller
Marking out a felloe
A pile of iron hubs
A traveller in use on the wheel.
Fitting the felloes together
Close up of the clamping
A 12 spoked wheel
Welding a hub band
Cleaning up
A few finishing touches to the second tyre
Shaped handles just made.
Clamping the tyre ready for welding
Using a chipping hammer
Detail of a 12 spoked wheel
Boring a hub with a taper auger
Welding the tyre
Shaping with a rasp
Using a rasp
The hot tyre in place
Dampening the flames
Cleaning up with an angle grinder
A taper auger in use boring a wheel hub
Field gun wheels
Cooling down
Detail of the wheel
Tail vice and dog
A few finishing taps
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