Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Shaping with a rasp
Bow saw in use cleaning up spoke ends
Using a press on the tyre join
Cooling the tyre down
Detail of the wheel
Sawing off the spoke ends
Field gun wheels
Cleaning up
Detail of a 12 spoked wheel
Shaping with a drawknife
Welding
Clamping the wheel down
Close up of the clamping
Drawknife in use shaping
Dampening the flames
Fitting the hot tyre
A few finishing taps
Still cooling off.
Trimming the felloes to shape with a drawknife
A traveller in use on the wheel.
Cooling down while the trye is hammered in place
A 12 spoked wheel
Welding an iron band for a wheel hub
Welding a hub band
The first stage in shaping
Wheel awaiting a tyre
Clamped in place for tyring
Cooling the hot tyre
Welding the tyre joint
Applying a hot tyre
Trimming with a drawknife
A taper auger in use boring a wheel hub
Drawknife in use on the felloes
Large bow saw in use on spoke ends
A corner of the wheelwrights shop
European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Marking out a felloe
A wheel in need of repair
Initial shaping
Shaped handles just made.
There is a wheel somewhere under the steam
Field gun wheels
The hot tyre in place
Shaping an adze handle
Clamping the tyre ready for welding
An example of the wheelwrights art
Second tyre nearly in place
Using a taper auger on a wheel hub
Checking the tyre is properly fitted.
Cleaning up
Close up of the hub
Checking the tyre circumference
Cleaning up the tyre
A few finishing touches to the second tyre
Tail vice and dog
Wheel in position for the tyre
An example of wheel making in the past
Newly made wheel awaiting a tyre
Cleaning up with an angle grinder
Preparing the wheel for tyring
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