European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
A traveller in use on the wheel.
Welding a tyre
Still cooling off.
Boring a hub with a taper auger
Drawknife in use again.
Sawing off the spoke ends
Newly made wheel awaiting a tyre
Cleaning up the tyre
Large bow saw in use on spoke ends
Welding an iron band for a wheel hub
Using a rasp to shape a notch
Detail of a 12 spoked wheel
Second tyre being hammered into place
A few finishing taps
Dampening the flames
Cleaning up the weld
Field gun wheels
Wheel awaiting a tyre
A corner of the wheelwrights shop
Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Fitting the felloes together
A wheel in need of repair
Cooling down
An example of wheel making in the past
Detail of the wheel
Adzes awaiting handles
Letting off steam
A pile of iron hubs
Welding a hub band
Shaping with a drawknife
Field gun wheels
Drawknife in use
Drawknife in use
Sawing off the spoke ends
Second tyre nearly in place
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