Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Welding the tyre
Checking the size of the tyre with a traveller
Sawing off the spoke ends
Initial shaping
Using a press on the tyre join
A taper auger in use boring a wheel hub
A few finishing taps
Tail vice and dog
There is a wheel somewhere under the steam
Using a chipping hammer
A corner of the wheelwrights shop
Welding the tyre joint
Shaping with a rasp
A pile of iron hubs
Welding an iron band for a wheel hub
Marking out a felloe
Still cooling off.
Shaped handles just made.
Hammering the tyre into place
Clamped in place for tyring
Cleaning up the weld
Applying a hot tyre
A taper auger
Close up of the clamping
A traveller in use on the wheel.
Fitting the felloes together
Field gun wheels
Drawknife in use
Drawknife in use
Boring a hub with a taper auger
European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Trimming the felloes
Fitting a heated tyre on the wheel
Cooling the tyre down
An example of wheel making in the past
Wheel awaiting a tyre
Wheel in position for the tyre
Shaping with a drawknife
Laying the wheel on the tyring stand
Cleaning up the felloes
Newly made wheel awaiting a tyre
Field gun wheels
Detail of the wheel
Cleaning up the tyre
A 12 spoked wheel
Using a taper auger on a wheel hub
An example of the wheelwrights art
Welding the tyre
Drawknife in use again.
The hot tyre in place
Welding
Cleaning up with the drawknife
Spot welding
Preparing the wheel for tyring
Using a press on the tyre
The second tyre being hammered in place
A wheel in need of repair
Cooling down while the trye is hammered in place
Clamping the wheel down
An interesting wheel!
Cleaning up the tyre
Adzes awaiting handles
Second tyre nearly in place
Close up of the hub
Welding a hub band
Using a rasp
Tyre nearly in place
Cleaning up
Dampening the flames
Detail of a 12 spoked wheel
Boring a hub the traditional way
Second tyre being hammered into place
Welding the tyre
Fitting the hot tyre
Cooling the hot tyre
Sawing off the spoke ends
Cooling down
The first stage in shaping
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