Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Wheel in position for the tyre
A 12 spoked wheel
Welding the tyre
Fitting the hot tyre
Wheel awaiting a tyre
Welding a hub band
There is a wheel somewhere under the steam
Detail of a 12 spoked wheel
Large bow saw in use on spoke ends
A taper auger
Trimming the felloes
Letting off steam
Welding a tyre
Cleaning up
The first stage in shaping
Clamped in place for tyring
Trimming the felloes to shape with a drawknife
Shaping with a rasp
An example of the wheelwrights art
Shaping an adze handle
Second tyre being hammered into place
A few finishing touches to the second tyre
Applying a hot tyre
Cleaning up with the drawknife
European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Still cooling off.
Newly made wheel awaiting a tyre
Using a press on the tyre
Fitting a heated tyre on the wheel
Cleaning up
Welding the tyre joint
Welding a hub band
A taper auger in use boring a wheel hub
Laying the wheel on the tyring stand
A corner of the wheelwrights shop
Hammering the tyre into place
Drawknife in use
Boring a hub with a taper auger
Checking the size of the tyre with a traveller
Cooling down
An example of wheel making in the past
Initial shaping
A wheel in need of repair
The hot tyre in place
Shaping with a rasp
Field gun wheels
Clamping the tyre ready for welding
Cleaning up with an angle grinder
Welding
Clamping the wheel down
Using a chipping hammer
Sawing off the spoke ends
Dampening the flames
Bow saw in use cleaning up spoke ends
Using a rasp
Drawknife in use
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