European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Tail vice and dog
Cleaning up
Cooling down
Drawknife in use on the felloes
Welding the tyre
Welding the tyre joint
A 12 spoked wheel
Checking the size of the tyre with a traveller
The second tyre being hammered in place
Wheel in position for the tyre
Checking the tyre is properly fitted.
Cooling down while the trye is hammered in place
Hammering the tyre into place
Drawknife in use
Cleaning up the tyre
A wheel in need of repair
Wheel awaiting a tyre
Drawknife in use again.
Cleaning up with the drawknife
Trimming the felloes
Welding a hub band
A few finishing taps
Clamped in place for tyring
Cleaning up the tyre
Welding a hub band
Second tyre being hammered into place
Dampening the flames
Laying the wheel on the tyring stand
Welding
Using a press on the tyre join
Shaping an adze handle
The hot tyre in place
Close up of the hub
Trimming the felloes to shape with a drawknife
Clamping the tyre ready for welding
There is a wheel somewhere under the steam
Cleaning up with an angle grinder
Drawknife in use
The first stage in shaping
Checking the tyre circumference
Boring a hub the traditional way
Shaping with a rasp
Marking out a felloe
A pile of iron hubs
A taper auger
Fitting a heated tyre on the wheel
Using a rasp to shape a notch
Preparing the wheel for tyring
Adzes awaiting handles
A few finishing touches to the second tyre
A traveller in use on the wheel.
Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
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