European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Cooling the tyre down
Welding an iron band for a wheel hub
Cleaning up
Shaping an adze handle
Trimming the felloes to shape with a drawknife
Bow saw in use cleaning up spoke ends
Adzes awaiting handles
Boring a hub with a taper auger
Using a press on the tyre
Letting off steam
Welding the tyre joint
Field gun wheels
Using a press on the tyre join
Hammering the tyre into place
Shaping with a drawknife
Cooling the hot tyre
Welding a hub band
Close up of the clamping
Newly made wheel awaiting a tyre
Welding a hub band
Sawing off the spoke ends
Detail of the wheel
Welding the tyre
A corner of the wheelwrights shop
Clamping the wheel down
Using a chipping hammer
Initial shaping
A taper auger in use boring a wheel hub
A few finishing taps
Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Shaping with a rasp
Trimming with a drawknife
Checking the size of the tyre with a traveller
Cleaning up the tyre
Fitting the felloes together
Dampening the flames
Preparing the wheel for tyring
Welding
A pile of iron hubs
Applying a hot tyre
Sawing off the spoke ends
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