Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Hammering the tyre into place
A corner of the wheelwrights shop
Letting off steam
Welding
Trimming the felloes
Second tyre being hammered into place
Sawing off the spoke ends
A taper auger
Drawknife in use on the felloes
Trimming with a drawknife
Cooling down
Checking the size of the tyre with a traveller
Welding a tyre
Clamping the tyre ready for welding
A taper auger in use boring a wheel hub
Laying the wheel on the tyring stand
Cooling the tyre down
Boring a hub the traditional way
Field gun wheels
Drawknife in use
Welding the tyre
Fitting the felloes together
Cleaning up the tyre
Using a press on the tyre
Applying a hot tyre
The hot tyre in place
Close up of the clamping
A pile of iron hubs
Initial shaping
Shaped handles just made.
Sawing off the spoke ends
Cleaning up
Dampening the flames
Drawknife in use shaping
Boring a hub with a taper auger
Checking the tyre is properly fitted.
Close up of the hub
Drawknife in use
European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Tail vice and dog
Shaping with a rasp
Wheel awaiting a tyre
Using a rasp to shape a notch
Cleaning up the weld
Cleaning up with an angle grinder
Checking the tyre circumference
A long job in hand in the wheelwrights shop.
Welding a hub band
Using a taper auger on a wheel hub
Clamping the wheel down
An example of the wheelwrights art
Second tyre nearly in place
An example of wheel making in the past
Using a rasp
Shaping with a drawknife
Wheel in position for the tyre
Marking out a felloe
Cleaning up the tyre
Detail of the wheel
Trimming the felloes to shape with a drawknife
Cooling down while the trye is hammered in place
There is a wheel somewhere under the steam
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