European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Close up of the clamping
A 12 spoked wheel
Shaping with a rasp
A pile of iron hubs
Newly made wheel awaiting a tyre
Welding the tyre
There is a wheel somewhere under the steam
Cleaning up with the drawknife
Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Trimming with a drawknife
Cleaning up the tyre
Letting off steam
Detail of a 12 spoked wheel
Wheel awaiting a tyre
Trimming the felloes
Using a press on the tyre join
Field gun wheels
Second tyre being hammered into place
Large bow saw in use on spoke ends
Shaping with a drawknife
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