European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Welding a hub band
Wheel in position for the tyre
An example of the wheelwrights art
The first stage in shaping
Newly made wheel awaiting a tyre
A wheel in need of repair
Trimming with a drawknife
Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
A taper auger in use boring a wheel hub
Fitting the felloes together
There is a wheel somewhere under the steam
Preparing the wheel for tyring
Tail vice and dog
Cleaning up the tyre
Shaped handles just made.
Welding an iron band for a wheel hub
Marking out a felloe
Close up of the clamping
Adzes awaiting handles
A taper auger
Using a taper auger on a wheel hub
Cooling down
Applying a hot tyre
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