Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Field gun wheels
Preparing the wheel for tyring
Cooling down while the trye is hammered in place
Checking the size of the tyre with a traveller
Close up of the clamping
Clamped in place for tyring
A traveller in use on the wheel.
Newly made wheel awaiting a tyre
Drawknife in use shaping
Dampening the flames
A few finishing taps
Drawknife in use
An interesting wheel!
The hot tyre in place
Fitting the hot tyre
Bow saw in use cleaning up spoke ends
A few finishing touches to the second tyre
European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
There is a wheel somewhere under the steam
Cleaning up the felloes
Cleaning up the weld
Using a rasp
Shaping with a rasp
Clamping the wheel down
Not just a wheelwright but a rakemaker too.
Checking the tyre circumference
Field gun wheels
Drawknife in use
A 12 spoked wheel
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