Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Field gun wheels
Cooling down
Welding the tyre
Cleaning up
A few finishing taps
A taper auger in use boring a wheel hub
Welding
A pile of iron hubs
Shaping with a rasp
Drawknife in use again.
Bow saw in use cleaning up spoke ends
Checking the tyre circumference
Tyre nearly in place
Shaping an adze handle
Newly made wheel awaiting a tyre
Hammering the tyre into place
Cleaning up the felloes
Welding the tyre
Trimming with a drawknife
Field gun wheels
Welding an iron band for a wheel hub
Second tyre being hammered into place
There is a wheel somewhere under the steam
Letting off steam
Tail vice and dog
Trimming the felloes to shape with a drawknife
Spot welding
Close up of the hub
A taper auger
Drawknife in use shaping
Using a rasp to shape a notch
Cleaning up
Sawing off the spoke ends
Cleaning up the tyre
Cooling the tyre down
Fitting a heated tyre on the wheel
Welding a tyre
Wheel awaiting a tyre
Sawing off the spoke ends
Applying a hot tyre
Cooling the hot tyre
Using a press on the tyre
Shaped handles just made.
The hot tyre in place
Second tyre nearly in place
Cleaning up with the drawknife
Initial shaping
Detail of the wheel
The first stage in shaping
Laying the wheel on the tyring stand
Drawknife in use on the felloes
Using a taper auger on a wheel hub
Cleaning up with an angle grinder
Close up of the clamping
Large bow saw in use on spoke ends
Welding the tyre joint
Clamping the wheel down
Clamped in place for tyring
Welding a hub band
Boring a hub with a taper auger
A long job in hand in the wheelwrights shop.
Fitting the hot tyre
Cleaning up the weld
Trimming the felloes
Shaping with a rasp
Welding a hub band
Detail of a 12 spoked wheel
Clamping the tyre ready for welding
An interesting wheel!
Still cooling off.
Drawknife in use
A few finishing touches to the second tyre
The second tyre being hammered in place
Cooling down while the trye is hammered in place
European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
A wheel in need of repair
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