Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
An example of wheel making in the past
Welding the tyre joint
Cooling the hot tyre
Detail of a 12 spoked wheel
Trimming with a drawknife
The first stage in shaping
Shaping an adze handle
Shaping with a rasp
Cleaning up
Clamped in place for tyring
Drawknife in use again.
Checking the size of the tyre with a traveller
The second tyre being hammered in place
Welding an iron band for a wheel hub
Drawknife in use shaping
There is a wheel somewhere under the steam
Still cooling off.
Spot welding
Dampening the flames
A 12 spoked wheel
Welding a hub band
Letting off steam
Clamping the wheel down
A traveller in use on the wheel.
Drawknife in use on the felloes
Using a rasp to shape a notch
Hammering the tyre into place
A corner of the wheelwrights shop
Clamping the tyre ready for welding
Boring a hub the traditional way
Large bow saw in use on spoke ends
Initial shaping
Using a rasp
Wheel in position for the tyre
Drawknife in use
Boring a hub with a taper auger
Fitting the hot tyre
Field gun wheels
Cooling down while the trye is hammered in place
Using a taper auger on a wheel hub
Welding the tyre
European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
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