European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
A pile of iron hubs
Adzes awaiting handles
Sawing off the spoke ends
Cooling down
Using a taper auger on a wheel hub
A corner of the wheelwrights shop
Clamping the wheel down
Drawknife in use
A long job in hand in the wheelwrights shop.
Laying the wheel on the tyring stand
A few finishing taps
Cooling down while the trye is hammered in place
Trimming the felloes to shape with a drawknife
Field gun wheels
Using a press on the tyre join
Fitting a heated tyre on the wheel
Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Close up of the clamping
A taper auger in use boring a wheel hub
Spot welding
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