Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Shaping an adze handle
Detail of the wheel
Field gun wheels
Spot welding
Cooling down while the trye is hammered in place
Cleaning up with an angle grinder
Wheel awaiting a tyre
A few finishing taps
Shaping with a rasp
A taper auger
Checking the size of the tyre with a traveller
A few finishing touches to the second tyre
Welding the tyre
Trimming the felloes
Boring a hub with a taper auger
Welding
The first stage in shaping
Marking out a felloe
Welding the tyre
Cleaning up
Hammering the tyre into place
Not just a wheelwright but a rakemaker too.
Wheel in position for the tyre
Cooling the tyre down
A traveller in use on the wheel.
Letting off steam
Newly made wheel awaiting a tyre
Welding the tyre
The hot tyre in place
Clamping the tyre ready for welding
Trimming with a drawknife
Using a chipping hammer
Tail vice and dog
Trimming the felloes to shape with a drawknife
Initial shaping
Welding a hub band
Using a rasp
European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Using a press on the tyre
Drawknife in use again.
Cleaning up with the drawknife
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