European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
There is a wheel somewhere under the steam
Cleaning up the tyre
Fitting the hot tyre
Cleaning up the weld
Marking out a felloe
Drawknife in use
Large bow saw in use on spoke ends
Sawing off the spoke ends
Close up of the clamping
Welding the tyre joint
Using a rasp
Wheel in position for the tyre
Second tyre nearly in place
Detail of a 12 spoked wheel
Welding the tyre
Applying a hot tyre
Cooling the tyre down
Initial shaping
Cleaning up with the drawknife
Checking the tyre is properly fitted.
Tyre nearly in place
Trimming with a drawknife
Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
A few finishing taps
Shaping with a rasp
Using a chipping hammer
A corner of the wheelwrights shop
Still cooling off.
An interesting wheel!
A traveller in use on the wheel.
Checking the size of the tyre with a traveller
Drawknife in use
Welding a tyre
Trimming the felloes
Preparing the wheel for tyring
Bow saw in use cleaning up spoke ends
Welding an iron band for a wheel hub
Cleaning up with an angle grinder
Dampening the flames
Laying the wheel on the tyring stand
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