European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Using a rasp to shape a notch
Drawknife in use
Welding the tyre
Adzes awaiting handles
Cooling down while the trye is hammered in place
Checking the tyre is properly fitted.
Boring a hub the traditional way
Newly made wheel awaiting a tyre
Wheel awaiting a tyre
Welding a tyre
Cleaning up the felloes
Trimming the felloes
Cooling the hot tyre
Sawing off the spoke ends
The hot tyre in place
Field gun wheels
Tyre nearly in place
Wheel in position for the tyre
Trimming with a drawknife
Shaping with a drawknife
Drawknife in use again.
Drawknife in use
Large bow saw in use on spoke ends
A wheel in need of repair
Drawknife in use shaping
Checking the size of the tyre with a traveller
The second tyre being hammered in place
A corner of the wheelwrights shop
Sawing off the spoke ends
Marking out a felloe
Fitting the felloes together
An interesting wheel!
Cleaning up with the drawknife
Welding
Cleaning up the tyre
Cleaning up
A 12 spoked wheel
Welding an iron band for a wheel hub
Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Shaping with a rasp
Drawknife in use
Preparing the wheel for tyring
Cooling down
Hammering the tyre into place
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