Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
A few finishing taps
Cooling the tyre down
Tail vice and dog
A corner of the wheelwrights shop
Letting off steam
A long job in hand in the wheelwrights shop.
Field gun wheels
Cleaning up with an angle grinder
Close up of the hub
Fitting the felloes together
Cleaning up the felloes
Preparing the wheel for tyring
Welding
A wheel in need of repair
A traveller in use on the wheel.
Second tyre nearly in place
Using a rasp to shape a notch
Shaping with a rasp
Still cooling off.
The hot tyre in place
Drawknife in use
Welding the tyre joint
Tyre nearly in place
Sawing off the spoke ends
Using a press on the tyre join
A pile of iron hubs
Welding an iron band for a wheel hub
Drawknife in use
Using a rasp
There is a wheel somewhere under the steam
Drawknife in use shaping
Dampening the flames
Cleaning up
Checking the tyre circumference
An interesting wheel!
Using a taper auger on a wheel hub
Field gun wheels
Spot welding
Trimming with a drawknife
European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Close up of the clamping
Trimming the felloes to shape with a drawknife
Cleaning up the tyre
Drawknife in use again.
Welding the tyre
Cleaning up
Detail of the wheel
Welding a hub band
Shaping with a rasp
Second tyre being hammered into place
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