Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
There is a wheel somewhere under the steam
Close up of the clamping
Detail of a 12 spoked wheel
A 12 spoked wheel
Adzes awaiting handles
Spot welding
Welding the tyre
Cooling the hot tyre
Field gun wheels
A taper auger in use boring a wheel hub
Fitting the felloes together
Shaping with a rasp
Cleaning up with an angle grinder
Cooling down
Welding the tyre
Welding the tyre joint
Second tyre nearly in place
Trimming with a drawknife
A pile of iron hubs
The hot tyre in place
Large bow saw in use on spoke ends
European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Tyre nearly in place
Dampening the flames
Cleaning up the weld
Trimming the felloes to shape with a drawknife
Clamped in place for tyring
Checking the tyre is properly fitted.
An interesting wheel!
Applying a hot tyre
A few finishing touches to the second tyre
Cleaning up
Drawknife in use
A wheel in need of repair
Shaping with a drawknife
Cleaning up the tyre
An example of the wheelwrights art
Welding a hub band
The first stage in shaping
Welding
Wheel in position for the tyre
Laying the wheel on the tyring stand
Drawknife in use
A traveller in use on the wheel.
Cleaning up with the drawknife
Marking out a felloe
Bow saw in use cleaning up spoke ends
Using a press on the tyre join
Clamping the tyre ready for welding
Wheel awaiting a tyre
Boring a hub with a taper auger
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