European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Detail of the wheel
Welding
Applying a hot tyre
Not just a wheelwright but a rakemaker too.
Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Drawknife in use
Still cooling off.
A taper auger
Welding a tyre
A traveller in use on the wheel.
Welding an iron band for a wheel hub
Wheel awaiting a tyre
Shaping with a rasp
Cooling down while the trye is hammered in place
Boring a hub the traditional way
Using a taper auger on a wheel hub
A few finishing taps
An example of the wheelwrights art
Close up of the clamping
Close up of the hub
Using a press on the tyre join
Clamped in place for tyring
Adzes awaiting handles
Welding a hub band
Hammering the tyre into place
Shaping an adze handle
Checking the size of the tyre with a traveller
A corner of the wheelwrights shop
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