European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Cleaning up with the drawknife
Using a press on the tyre join
Hammering the tyre into place
Preparing the wheel for tyring
Initial shaping
Welding the tyre
Drawknife in use
Shaping an adze handle
Using a press on the tyre
Welding the tyre
Cleaning up the felloes
Adzes awaiting handles
A taper auger
Detail of the wheel
Sawing off the spoke ends
Cleaning up with an angle grinder
Dampening the flames
Close up of the clamping
Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Detail of a 12 spoked wheel
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