European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Fitting a heated tyre on the wheel
Welding a tyre
Sawing off the spoke ends
Bow saw in use cleaning up spoke ends
A pile of iron hubs
Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Welding an iron band for a wheel hub
Welding a hub band
The second tyre being hammered in place
Shaped handles just made.
Cooling down while the trye is hammered in place
A few finishing touches to the second tyre
Trimming with a drawknife
Drawknife in use
Using a press on the tyre join
Cleaning up with an angle grinder
Field gun wheels
The hot tyre in place
Still cooling off.
Applying a hot tyre
Cleaning up with the drawknife
Trimming the felloes
An example of the wheelwrights art
Welding the tyre
Spot welding
Dampening the flames
Fitting the felloes together
Welding
Shaping with a drawknife
A taper auger
Drawknife in use again.
Checking the size of the tyre with a traveller
Second tyre being hammered into place
Boring a hub with a taper auger
There is a wheel somewhere under the steam
Welding the tyre
Close up of the clamping
Newly made wheel awaiting a tyre
Wheel in position for the tyre
Shaping with a rasp
Letting off steam
Second tyre nearly in place
The first stage in shaping
Clamped in place for tyring
Welding the tyre
Cooling the tyre down
Shaping with a rasp
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