Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Drawknife in use shaping
Drawknife in use on the felloes
Using a press on the tyre join
Tail vice and dog
Cleaning up the felloes
Letting off steam
European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Field gun wheels
Trimming the felloes
Welding the tyre joint
Dampening the flames
Second tyre being hammered into place
A few finishing taps
Welding a hub band
Welding a tyre
Drawknife in use
Cooling down while the trye is hammered in place
Checking the tyre is properly fitted.
Initial shaping
Welding the tyre
Close up of the hub
The second tyre being hammered in place
Bow saw in use cleaning up spoke ends
Cleaning up the tyre
Fitting the felloes together
Checking the tyre circumference
Sawing off the spoke ends
Spot welding
Still cooling off.
Fitting the hot tyre
A taper auger in use boring a wheel hub
A wheel in need of repair
A traveller in use on the wheel.
Hammering the tyre into place
Laying the wheel on the tyring stand
Detail of a 12 spoked wheel
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