European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Welding a tyre
Cleaning up the tyre
Field gun wheels
Boring a hub with a taper auger
Preparing the wheel for tyring
Using a press on the tyre
Checking the tyre is properly fitted.
Welding an iron band for a wheel hub
Trimming the felloes
Welding
Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Welding a hub band
Shaped handles just made.
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