European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Welding a hub band
Drawknife in use
An example of wheel making in the past
A few finishing touches to the second tyre
Shaping with a rasp
A 12 spoked wheel
Still cooling off.
Close up of the clamping
Drawknife in use on the felloes
Cleaning up
Welding the tyre joint
Trimming the felloes to shape with a drawknife
Trimming the felloes
Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Using a press on the tyre join
Bow saw in use cleaning up spoke ends
Letting off steam
Drawknife in use again.
Drawknife in use
Cleaning up
Spot welding
A few finishing taps
Shaping an adze handle
Initial shaping
Cleaning up with the drawknife
Using a taper auger on a wheel hub
Cooling the hot tyre
A taper auger
Adzes awaiting handles
A pile of iron hubs
Boring a hub the traditional way
Second tyre being hammered into place
Tyre nearly in place
Cooling down while the trye is hammered in place
Checking the tyre is properly fitted.
A traveller in use on the wheel.
Welding the tyre
Trimming with a drawknife
The first stage in shaping
Clamped in place for tyring
Applying a hot tyre
Field gun wheels
Drawknife in use
The hot tyre in place
Sawing off the spoke ends
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