European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Second tyre nearly in place
Drawknife in use shaping
Field gun wheels
Detail of the wheel
Welding an iron band for a wheel hub
Large bow saw in use on spoke ends
Dampening the flames
Cooling the hot tyre
An interesting wheel!
Boring a hub with a taper auger
Cooling the tyre down
Checking the tyre circumference
Cleaning up with an angle grinder
Clamped in place for tyring
Drawknife in use on the felloes
A taper auger in use boring a wheel hub
Not just a wheelwright but a rakemaker too.
Using a rasp
An example of wheel making in the past
The second tyre being hammered in place
A few finishing taps
Drawknife in use
Using a taper auger on a wheel hub
Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
The hot tyre in place
Hammering the tyre into place
Welding a hub band
Using a chipping hammer
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