European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Hammering the tyre into place
Trimming the felloes to shape with a drawknife
Welding the tyre joint
Sawing off the spoke ends
Drawknife in use
Trimming with a drawknife
Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Field gun wheels
Using a press on the tyre join
Fitting a heated tyre on the wheel
Welding an iron band for a wheel hub
Shaping with a rasp
A corner of the wheelwrights shop
The second tyre being hammered in place
Tail vice and dog
A long job in hand in the wheelwrights shop.
Wheel in position for the tyre
Close up of the clamping
Cooling the hot tyre
A few finishing touches to the second tyre
A pile of iron hubs
Cleaning up the tyre
The hot tyre in place
Second tyre being hammered into place
Trimming the felloes
Cooling down
Welding the tyre
Applying a hot tyre
Laying the wheel on the tyring stand
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