European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
The second tyre being hammered in place
Shaped handles just made.
Drawknife in use shaping
Welding
Cleaning up
Adzes awaiting handles
Fitting a heated tyre on the wheel
There is a wheel somewhere under the steam
Using a taper auger on a wheel hub
Clamping the tyre ready for welding
Cleaning up the weld
Cooling down while the trye is hammered in place
Drawknife in use on the felloes
Fitting the felloes together
Bow saw in use cleaning up spoke ends
Welding a tyre
Close up of the hub
Cleaning up the tyre
Tyre nearly in place
Not just a wheelwright but a rakemaker too.
Using a rasp to shape a notch
Field gun wheels
Welding the tyre joint
Spot welding
Initial shaping
A few finishing taps
The hot tyre in place
Cleaning up the felloes
Cleaning up with the drawknife
Trimming the felloes to shape with a drawknife
Sawing off the spoke ends
Shaping with a rasp
Trimming with a drawknife
Wheel in position for the tyre
Cooling the tyre down
Letting off steam
Welding a hub band
Wheel awaiting a tyre
A corner of the wheelwrights shop
Checking the tyre is properly fitted.
Using a rasp
Checking the tyre circumference
Applying a hot tyre
Welding the tyre
Drawknife in use again.
Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
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