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