European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Drawknife in use again.
Tyre nearly in place
A few finishing taps
A long job in hand in the wheelwrights shop.
Wheel in position for the tyre
Cleaning up the tyre
Close up of the hub
Trimming the felloes
Cooling the tyre down
Welding an iron band for a wheel hub
A few finishing touches to the second tyre
Clamped in place for tyring
Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Dampening the flames
There is a wheel somewhere under the steam
Welding the tyre
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