European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Cooling down while the trye is hammered in place
Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
A taper auger in use boring a wheel hub
A corner of the wheelwrights shop
Boring a hub with a taper auger
A traveller in use on the wheel.
Cleaning up the tyre
Tyre nearly in place
Boring a hub the traditional way
Using a press on the tyre join
Adzes awaiting handles
Cleaning up
Using a chipping hammer
Clamped in place for tyring
Still cooling off.
Field gun wheels
Cleaning up the weld
Wheel in position for the tyre
Hammering the tyre into place
Drawknife in use
Drawknife in use on the felloes
Cooling down
Second tyre being hammered into place
Checking the size of the tyre with a traveller
Shaping an adze handle
Marking out a felloe
Clamping the tyre ready for welding
Sawing off the spoke ends
Drawknife in use
Second tyre nearly in place
Shaping with a rasp
Dampening the flames
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