European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Fitting a heated tyre on the wheel
The second tyre being hammered in place
Second tyre being hammered into place
Welding an iron band for a wheel hub
Bow saw in use cleaning up spoke ends
A traveller in use on the wheel.
A 12 spoked wheel
Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Second tyre nearly in place
Drawknife in use shaping
Checking the size of the tyre with a traveller
Cleaning up the felloes
Shaping with a drawknife
A taper auger
Using a rasp
Cooling down
Wheel awaiting a tyre
Drawknife in use
A pile of iron hubs
Welding the tyre
Cooling the tyre down
A long job in hand in the wheelwrights shop.
Checking the tyre circumference
Initial shaping
Cooling down while the trye is hammered in place
Clamped in place for tyring
There is a wheel somewhere under the steam
Dampening the flames
Applying a hot tyre
Shaping with a rasp
Close up of the clamping
Cleaning up with an angle grinder
Not just a wheelwright but a rakemaker too.
Newly made wheel awaiting a tyre
Field gun wheels
Using a rasp to shape a notch
Welding a tyre
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