European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Second tyre nearly in place
Field gun wheels
Sawing off the spoke ends
The first stage in shaping
A taper auger in use boring a wheel hub
There is a wheel somewhere under the steam
Applying a hot tyre
Using a chipping hammer
Drawknife in use
Detail of a 12 spoked wheel
Hammering the tyre into place
Welding a hub band
Drawknife in use
Shaped handles just made.
Shaping an adze handle
Still cooling off.
Field gun wheels
A traveller in use on the wheel.
Welding an iron band for a wheel hub
Checking the tyre is properly fitted.
Letting off steam
Trimming the felloes
Boring a hub with a taper auger
Welding a hub band
Cleaning up the tyre
Drawknife in use on the felloes
Tail vice and dog
Clamped in place for tyring
Checking the tyre circumference
Shaping with a rasp
Cooling down
Welding
Fitting a heated tyre on the wheel
Second tyre being hammered into place
Large bow saw in use on spoke ends
A few finishing touches to the second tyre
Welding the tyre
Trimming with a drawknife
Fitting the hot tyre
Initial shaping
Wheel awaiting a tyre
A few finishing taps
A long job in hand in the wheelwrights shop.
Welding the tyre
Shaping with a drawknife
Welding the tyre
A taper auger
Laying the wheel on the tyring stand
Bow saw in use cleaning up spoke ends
Newly made wheel awaiting a tyre
Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Boring a hub the traditional way
Drawknife in use shaping
Trimming the felloes to shape with a drawknife
A 12 spoked wheel
Detail of the wheel
The second tyre being hammered in place
Using a press on the tyre join
Marking out a felloe
Cleaning up the felloes
A wheel in need of repair
Close up of the clamping
Clamping the wheel down
A corner of the wheelwrights shop
Adzes awaiting handles
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