Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Shaped handles just made.
Using a taper auger on a wheel hub
Fitting the felloes together
Welding a hub band
Boring a hub with a taper auger
Cleaning up with the drawknife
Drawknife in use
A corner of the wheelwrights shop
Clamping the tyre ready for welding
Close up of the hub
Cleaning up
A wheel in need of repair
Using a rasp
Shaping an adze handle
Cleaning up with an angle grinder
Cooling the tyre down
Shaping with a rasp
Using a chipping hammer
Field gun wheels
Applying a hot tyre
Trimming with a drawknife
Still cooling off.
Trimming the felloes
Newly made wheel awaiting a tyre
Tyre nearly in place
A long job in hand in the wheelwrights shop.
Shaping with a rasp
Fitting a heated tyre on the wheel
Using a press on the tyre join
An example of the wheelwrights art
European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Cleaning up the tyre
A taper auger
Shaping with a drawknife
A few finishing taps
Welding the tyre
Initial shaping
Wheel in position for the tyre
The hot tyre in place
Preparing the wheel for tyring
Welding the tyre
Fitting the hot tyre
An interesting wheel!
Welding the tyre joint
Welding the tyre
Sawing off the spoke ends
Welding an iron band for a wheel hub
Cleaning up
Welding a tyre
Detail of the wheel
Cooling down
Cleaning up the tyre
A taper auger in use boring a wheel hub
Using a rasp to shape a notch
A pile of iron hubs
Wheel awaiting a tyre
Boring a hub the traditional way
Clamping the wheel down
Letting off steam
Checking the tyre circumference
Bow saw in use cleaning up spoke ends
Cleaning up the felloes
Field gun wheels
Marking out a felloe
Welding a hub band
Close up of the clamping
A few finishing touches to the second tyre
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