European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Sawing off the spoke ends
Detail of a 12 spoked wheel
A wheel in need of repair
An interesting wheel!
The hot tyre in place
Letting off steam
Drawknife in use on the felloes
A taper auger in use boring a wheel hub
Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Trimming the felloes to shape with a drawknife
Checking the size of the tyre with a traveller
A taper auger
Fitting the hot tyre
Welding the tyre
Boring a hub the traditional way
The second tyre being hammered in place
A corner of the wheelwrights shop
Cleaning up
Using a rasp
A long job in hand in the wheelwrights shop.
Second tyre nearly in place
Cleaning up the felloes
Trimming with a drawknife
Spot welding
Cooling the hot tyre
Using a chipping hammer
Second tyre being hammered into place
Welding a tyre
Detail of the wheel
Cooling down while the trye is hammered in place
Still cooling off.
Clamped in place for tyring
Sawing off the spoke ends
Shaping with a rasp
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