Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Detail of the wheel
Using a press on the tyre
Welding a hub band
Using a taper auger on a wheel hub
A traveller in use on the wheel.
Tail vice and dog
Field gun wheels
Detail of a 12 spoked wheel
A long job in hand in the wheelwrights shop.
Checking the tyre circumference
Shaped handles just made.
Using a rasp
European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
The second tyre being hammered in place
A few finishing taps
Wheel in position for the tyre
An example of wheel making in the past
Wheel awaiting a tyre
Cooling down
Cooling down while the trye is hammered in place
The hot tyre in place
Boring a hub with a taper auger
Laying the wheel on the tyring stand
Shaping with a rasp
Clamping the wheel down
Welding the tyre
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