Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
There is a wheel somewhere under the steam
Welding an iron band for a wheel hub
Cleaning up
Cooling the hot tyre
Field gun wheels
Laying the wheel on the tyring stand
Using a chipping hammer
Using a taper auger on a wheel hub
Large bow saw in use on spoke ends
Detail of a 12 spoked wheel
Welding the tyre joint
A corner of the wheelwrights shop
Cooling down while the trye is hammered in place
Fitting the felloes together
Tail vice and dog
Wheel in position for the tyre
Close up of the clamping
Drawknife in use
Using a rasp
Hammering the tyre into place
A taper auger
Shaped handles just made.
European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Welding a hub band
Clamping the wheel down
Welding
A traveller in use on the wheel.
A 12 spoked wheel
Welding a tyre
Drawknife in use shaping
Cleaning up the tyre
A taper auger in use boring a wheel hub
A pile of iron hubs
A long job in hand in the wheelwrights shop.
Checking the tyre is properly fitted.
Tyre nearly in place
A few finishing touches to the second tyre
Checking the tyre circumference
Applying a hot tyre
Letting off steam
Shaping an adze handle
Cleaning up the tyre
Clamped in place for tyring
Fitting a heated tyre on the wheel
Fitting the hot tyre
Using a press on the tyre join
Welding the tyre
Shaping with a rasp
Shaping with a rasp
Cleaning up with the drawknife
Second tyre being hammered into place
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