European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Spot welding
A few finishing taps
Checking the tyre circumference
Letting off steam
Checking the size of the tyre with a traveller
Welding a tyre
Using a chipping hammer
Cooling the hot tyre
Not just a wheelwright but a rakemaker too.
Marking out a felloe
Fitting a heated tyre on the wheel
Fitting the felloes together
Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Adzes awaiting handles
The hot tyre in place
Cleaning up with the drawknife
Clamped in place for tyring
Welding the tyre
A wheel in need of repair
Cleaning up
Checking the tyre is properly fitted.
Close up of the clamping
Shaping with a drawknife
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