Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Bow saw in use cleaning up spoke ends
The first stage in shaping
A taper auger in use boring a wheel hub
Welding the tyre joint
Field gun wheels
Initial shaping
Detail of the wheel
Applying a hot tyre
A long job in hand in the wheelwrights shop.
Using a rasp to shape a notch
Welding the tyre
Drawknife in use
Drawknife in use
Cleaning up the felloes
European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Marking out a felloe
Detail of a 12 spoked wheel
Field gun wheels
The hot tyre in place
Cleaning up with the drawknife
Using a rasp
Welding
There is a wheel somewhere under the steam
Cooling the hot tyre
An interesting wheel!
Using a taper auger on a wheel hub
Welding a tyre
Sawing off the spoke ends
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