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