European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Clamping the tyre ready for welding
An interesting wheel!
Cleaning up with an angle grinder
Drawknife in use
Dampening the flames
Large bow saw in use on spoke ends
Trimming the felloes
Detail of the wheel
Welding a hub band
The first stage in shaping
Adzes awaiting handles
Welding the tyre
Bow saw in use cleaning up spoke ends
Wheel in position for the tyre
An example of the wheelwrights art
Welding the tyre
Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Shaped handles just made.
Laying the wheel on the tyring stand
Close up of the clamping
Tyre nearly in place
Shaping with a drawknife
Tail vice and dog
Sawing off the spoke ends
Not just a wheelwright but a rakemaker too.
A few finishing taps
Preparing the wheel for tyring
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