European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Welding a hub band
Using a rasp to shape a notch
Welding an iron band for a wheel hub
Shaped handles just made.
Drawknife in use
Welding the tyre
Cleaning up the weld
Checking the size of the tyre with a traveller
A traveller in use on the wheel.
Second tyre nearly in place
A long job in hand in the wheelwrights shop.
Welding the tyre joint
Cooling down
Cleaning up the felloes
Fitting a heated tyre on the wheel
Initial shaping
Welding the tyre
Welding a tyre
Laying the wheel on the tyring stand
Tyre nearly in place
Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Welding the tyre
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