European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Cooling down while the trye is hammered in place
Still cooling off.
Hammering the tyre into place
Drawknife in use
Cleaning up the tyre
Fitting the hot tyre
Using a press on the tyre join
Cooling the tyre down
Tail vice and dog
Detail of the wheel
Welding
There is a wheel somewhere under the steam
Cleaning up with the drawknife
Drawknife in use on the felloes
Laying the wheel on the tyring stand
Close up of the clamping
Trimming the felloes
Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Using a press on the tyre
Boring a hub the traditional way
Fitting a heated tyre on the wheel
Spot welding
An example of the wheelwrights art
Drawknife in use shaping
Drawknife in use
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