European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Trimming the felloes
Letting off steam
Drawknife in use shaping
Welding the tyre
Cooling down
Boring a hub the traditional way
Adzes awaiting handles
Drawknife in use on the felloes
A few finishing touches to the second tyre
Preparing the wheel for tyring
There is a wheel somewhere under the steam
Welding the tyre
Shaped handles just made.
Trimming the felloes to shape with a drawknife
Welding a hub band
Using a taper auger on a wheel hub
Cooling the hot tyre
Sawing off the spoke ends
Trimming with a drawknife
The first stage in shaping
Using a press on the tyre
Laying the wheel on the tyring stand
Shaping with a drawknife
Cleaning up the tyre
A long job in hand in the wheelwrights shop.
An interesting wheel!
Cleaning up
Using a press on the tyre join
Welding a hub band
The hot tyre in place
A taper auger
Cleaning up the weld
Fitting the hot tyre
The second tyre being hammered in place
Using a rasp
A corner of the wheelwrights shop
Fitting a heated tyre on the wheel
Detail of the wheel
Shaping an adze handle
Dampening the flames
Cleaning up the felloes
Welding
Drawknife in use
A taper auger in use boring a wheel hub
Second tyre being hammered into place
Spot welding
Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
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