Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Using a chipping hammer
Cleaning up the tyre
Shaping an adze handle
Using a press on the tyre join
Preparing the wheel for tyring
The first stage in shaping
Drawknife in use on the felloes
Drawknife in use shaping
Welding the tyre
Field gun wheels
A traveller in use on the wheel.
Drawknife in use again.
Using a rasp to shape a notch
Shaped handles just made.
Cooling down while the trye is hammered in place
Newly made wheel awaiting a tyre
Cleaning up the weld
Clamping the wheel down
Clamping the tyre ready for welding
The hot tyre in place
A taper auger
Boring a hub the traditional way
Welding the tyre
Boring a hub with a taper auger
Spot welding
Cleaning up
Shaping with a rasp
Welding the tyre
A wheel in need of repair
European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Checking the tyre circumference
A taper auger in use boring a wheel hub
Using a press on the tyre
An interesting wheel!
Shaping with a rasp
An example of wheel making in the past
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