Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Boring a hub the traditional way
Using a rasp to shape a notch
Fitting the hot tyre
Fitting a heated tyre on the wheel
Field gun wheels
An example of wheel making in the past
Detail of a 12 spoked wheel
Using a chipping hammer
Welding the tyre joint
Drawknife in use
Sawing off the spoke ends
Shaped handles just made.
Shaping an adze handle
Clamped in place for tyring
Wheel in position for the tyre
Close up of the clamping
Drawknife in use
Hammering the tyre into place
Second tyre being hammered into place
Large bow saw in use on spoke ends
Cleaning up
Adzes awaiting handles
Spot welding
Letting off steam
Welding a tyre
Using a press on the tyre join
Second tyre nearly in place
Cleaning up the weld
Drawknife in use on the felloes
Dampening the flames
Applying a hot tyre
Boring a hub with a taper auger
A pile of iron hubs
Welding the tyre
A 12 spoked wheel
Using a taper auger on a wheel hub
Drawknife in use shaping
Cleaning up the tyre
Not just a wheelwright but a rakemaker too.
A few finishing taps
Checking the size of the tyre with a traveller
Close up of the hub
Tail vice and dog
Shaping with a rasp
Cooling down while the trye is hammered in place
Detail of the wheel
Newly made wheel awaiting a tyre
European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Sawing off the spoke ends
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