Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Close up of the clamping
Using a chipping hammer
Welding the tyre joint
Welding a hub band
Bow saw in use cleaning up spoke ends
Boring a hub with a taper auger
There is a wheel somewhere under the steam
Newly made wheel awaiting a tyre
Cleaning up the felloes
Using a press on the tyre join
A 12 spoked wheel
Cleaning up
Using a taper auger on a wheel hub
Cooling down
Checking the tyre is properly fitted.
Wheel awaiting a tyre
A taper auger
Cleaning up the tyre
Welding
Shaping with a drawknife
Trimming the felloes to shape with a drawknife
Initial shaping
Cleaning up with the drawknife
Drawknife in use shaping
Close up of the hub
Welding a tyre
Welding the tyre
Field gun wheels
Checking the size of the tyre with a traveller
The second tyre being hammered in place
Dampening the flames
European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Clamping the wheel down
Drawknife in use again.
Shaped handles just made.
Welding an iron band for a wheel hub
The first stage in shaping
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