Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Cooling the hot tyre
Fitting the hot tyre
There is a wheel somewhere under the steam
Welding the tyre joint
Drawknife in use again.
Dampening the flames
Still cooling off.
A few finishing taps
A few finishing touches to the second tyre
Trimming the felloes
Cooling down
Cleaning up the tyre
Cleaning up with the drawknife
Using a rasp to shape a notch
Cooling the tyre down
Preparing the wheel for tyring
Using a press on the tyre join
Shaped handles just made.
Boring a hub the traditional way
Large bow saw in use on spoke ends
A long job in hand in the wheelwrights shop.
Wheel in position for the tyre
A 12 spoked wheel
A pile of iron hubs
Sawing off the spoke ends
Clamping the wheel down
Checking the size of the tyre with a traveller
The second tyre being hammered in place
Fitting a heated tyre on the wheel
The hot tyre in place
An interesting wheel!
Field gun wheels
Welding a hub band
A taper auger in use boring a wheel hub
Trimming with a drawknife
Cleaning up
Boring a hub with a taper auger
The first stage in shaping
Second tyre being hammered into place
Detail of a 12 spoked wheel
Detail of the wheel
A traveller in use on the wheel.
Hammering the tyre into place
Second tyre nearly in place
Welding a tyre
Drawknife in use shaping
An example of wheel making in the past
Using a chipping hammer
European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Using a press on the tyre
An example of the wheelwrights art
Cleaning up the felloes
Trimming the felloes to shape with a drawknife
Welding the tyre
Tail vice and dog
Welding
Clamping the tyre ready for welding
Welding a hub band
Wheel awaiting a tyre
A wheel in need of repair
Shaping with a drawknife
Letting off steam
Newly made wheel awaiting a tyre
Close up of the clamping
Using a rasp
Cleaning up
Welding the tyre
Field gun wheels
Checking the tyre circumference
Close up of the hub
Sawing off the spoke ends
Drawknife in use on the felloes
Spot welding
Cleaning up the tyre
Tyre nearly in place
Shaping with a rasp
Welding the tyre
Shaping an adze handle
Cleaning up the weld
Drawknife in use
Cleaning up with an angle grinder
Clamped in place for tyring
A corner of the wheelwrights shop
Marking out a felloe
Applying a hot tyre
Initial shaping
Using a taper auger on a wheel hub
Checking the tyre is properly fitted.
Cooling down while the trye is hammered in place
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