Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
A few finishing taps
Second tyre being hammered into place
Laying the wheel on the tyring stand
Welding the tyre
Cleaning up the weld
Drawknife in use
Field gun wheels
Welding an iron band for a wheel hub
Dampening the flames
Clamping the tyre ready for welding
Initial shaping
Cleaning up the tyre
Wheel in position for the tyre
Clamped in place for tyring
The second tyre being hammered in place
Sawing off the spoke ends
Preparing the wheel for tyring
Drawknife in use again.
Wheel awaiting a tyre
Shaping an adze handle
Detail of the wheel
Fitting a heated tyre on the wheel
Shaping with a rasp
Newly made wheel awaiting a tyre
Second tyre nearly in place
Not just a wheelwright but a rakemaker too.
Fitting the hot tyre
Cooling the tyre down
Field gun wheels
Welding a hub band
Cleaning up
A traveller in use on the wheel.
Trimming the felloes to shape with a drawknife
A taper auger
Bow saw in use cleaning up spoke ends
Still cooling off.
Welding
An example of the wheelwrights art
There is a wheel somewhere under the steam
A long job in hand in the wheelwrights shop.
Close up of the hub
Cooling the hot tyre
Detail of a 12 spoked wheel
Welding the tyre
An interesting wheel!
Close up of the clamping
Spot welding
Drawknife in use
Cleaning up the felloes
Clamping the wheel down
European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Welding a tyre
Welding a hub band
Using a taper auger on a wheel hub
Cooling down
Tyre nearly in place
Using a chipping hammer
Welding the tyre
Using a rasp
Drawknife in use
Applying a hot tyre
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