European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Wheel in position for the tyre
Cooling the tyre down
Trimming with a drawknife
A pile of iron hubs
Checking the size of the tyre with a traveller
Cleaning up
Tyre nearly in place
A taper auger in use boring a wheel hub
Adzes awaiting handles
Applying a hot tyre
Welding a hub band
Shaping with a drawknife
Dampening the flames
Laying the wheel on the tyring stand
Boring a hub with a taper auger
Field gun wheels
An example of wheel making in the past
Sawing off the spoke ends
An example of the wheelwrights art
Boring a hub the traditional way
Welding
Not just a wheelwright but a rakemaker too.
Shaping with a rasp
Cleaning up
A wheel in need of repair
Cleaning up the weld
Still cooling off.
Using a rasp to shape a notch
The hot tyre in place
Welding an iron band for a wheel hub
Cooling down
Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Drawknife in use
There is a wheel somewhere under the steam
Tail vice and dog
Field gun wheels
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