Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Detail of the wheel
Trimming with a drawknife
Clamping the wheel down
Wheel awaiting a tyre
Welding a hub band
Cleaning up
An example of the wheelwrights art
Cleaning up the felloes
Preparing the wheel for tyring
Bow saw in use cleaning up spoke ends
Cleaning up with an angle grinder
Welding the tyre
Drawknife in use
Field gun wheels
A taper auger
Welding an iron band for a wheel hub
Fitting the hot tyre
Initial shaping
Adzes awaiting handles
Using a rasp
Close up of the clamping
Cooling down while the trye is hammered in place
Close up of the hub
Using a chipping hammer
Shaped handles just made.
Welding the tyre
Clamping the tyre ready for welding
Using a press on the tyre
Clamped in place for tyring
Cleaning up with the drawknife
Dampening the flames
The second tyre being hammered in place
Drawknife in use
Drawknife in use
Drawknife in use shaping
Welding the tyre joint
A pile of iron hubs
Cleaning up the tyre
A long job in hand in the wheelwrights shop.
Spot welding
Checking the tyre circumference
Drawknife in use on the felloes
Shaping an adze handle
Detail of a 12 spoked wheel
The first stage in shaping
Fitting the felloes together
Shaping with a rasp
Cooling down
Second tyre nearly in place
European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Checking the size of the tyre with a traveller
A corner of the wheelwrights shop
Welding
A traveller in use on the wheel.
Welding a tyre
Welding the tyre
Checking the tyre is properly fitted.
Still cooling off.
A 12 spoked wheel
Cooling the tyre down
Using a rasp to shape a notch
An example of wheel making in the past
Cleaning up the weld
Shaping with a drawknife
Letting off steam
Cooling the hot tyre
Field gun wheels
Newly made wheel awaiting a tyre
Welding a hub band
Trimming the felloes
An interesting wheel!
Drawknife in use again.
Hammering the tyre into place
Wheel in position for the tyre
Cleaning up
Trimming the felloes to shape with a drawknife
A few finishing touches to the second tyre
Second tyre being hammered into place
Laying the wheel on the tyring stand
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