Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Close up of the clamping
A long job in hand in the wheelwrights shop.
Shaping with a rasp
Drawknife in use
Using a press on the tyre join
Second tyre being hammered into place
European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Preparing the wheel for tyring
Using a rasp to shape a notch
Initial shaping
Welding a hub band
Welding the tyre joint
Second tyre nearly in place
Using a taper auger on a wheel hub
Cleaning up the tyre
A taper auger in use boring a wheel hub
Wheel in position for the tyre
Checking the size of the tyre with a traveller
Cleaning up the tyre
Welding the tyre
Not just a wheelwright but a rakemaker too.
A pile of iron hubs
Wheel awaiting a tyre
Cleaning up the weld
Shaping an adze handle
Large bow saw in use on spoke ends
Bow saw in use cleaning up spoke ends
Checking the tyre is properly fitted.
Cleaning up
Using a chipping hammer
Hammering the tyre into place
Trimming the felloes to shape with a drawknife
Laying the wheel on the tyring stand
Applying a hot tyre
Fitting the hot tyre
Cooling the tyre down
Drawknife in use again.
Field gun wheels
Fitting a heated tyre on the wheel
Clamping the wheel down
Welding a hub band
Welding the tyre
Using a press on the tyre
A traveller in use on the wheel.
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