European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
A traveller in use on the wheel.
Spot welding
Tyre nearly in place
Letting off steam
An example of wheel making in the past
Cleaning up with the drawknife
Using a chipping hammer
Shaping with a drawknife
Cleaning up with an angle grinder
Welding
Second tyre being hammered into place
Laying the wheel on the tyring stand
A corner of the wheelwrights shop
Using a taper auger on a wheel hub
Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Clamping the tyre ready for welding
A long job in hand in the wheelwrights shop.
Using a press on the tyre
Cleaning up the weld
The second tyre being hammered in place
Welding an iron band for a wheel hub
Second tyre nearly in place
Welding the tyre
Drawknife in use on the felloes
Drawknife in use shaping
Fitting the hot tyre
Tail vice and dog
Welding the tyre joint
Using a press on the tyre join
The first stage in shaping
Initial shaping
Preparing the wheel for tyring
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