European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Welding the tyre
Initial shaping
Drawknife in use
Clamping the tyre ready for welding
Detail of a 12 spoked wheel
A wheel in need of repair
Boring a hub the traditional way
A taper auger in use boring a wheel hub
Fitting a heated tyre on the wheel
Laying the wheel on the tyring stand
Cleaning up the felloes
Not just a wheelwright but a rakemaker too.
Checking the tyre is properly fitted.
A taper auger
Welding
Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Newly made wheel awaiting a tyre
Dampening the flames
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