European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Cleaning up the tyre
Still cooling off.
Shaping with a rasp
Cooling down while the trye is hammered in place
Wheel awaiting a tyre
Welding the tyre
Sawing off the spoke ends
Large bow saw in use on spoke ends
A wheel in need of repair
Trimming the felloes to shape with a drawknife
Second tyre being hammered into place
Tyre nearly in place
Welding the tyre
Cleaning up the weld
Bow saw in use cleaning up spoke ends
A few finishing touches to the second tyre
A corner of the wheelwrights shop
Welding the tyre joint
Welding the tyre
A pile of iron hubs
The first stage in shaping
Boring a hub with a taper auger
Cleaning up
Clamping the tyre ready for welding
Drawknife in use
Close up of the clamping
Using a press on the tyre
Sawing off the spoke ends
Letting off steam
Shaping with a rasp
A long job in hand in the wheelwrights shop.
Drawknife in use on the felloes
An interesting wheel!
The hot tyre in place
Clamped in place for tyring
Detail of the wheel
Cooling the tyre down
Cooling the hot tyre
Fitting a heated tyre on the wheel
A taper auger
The second tyre being hammered in place
Using a taper auger on a wheel hub
Applying a hot tyre
Cleaning up with the drawknife
Fitting the hot tyre
Shaping an adze handle
Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
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