European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Laying the wheel on the tyring stand
There is a wheel somewhere under the steam
Large bow saw in use on spoke ends
Welding the tyre
Marking out a felloe
Close up of the hub
A few finishing taps
The first stage in shaping
A 12 spoked wheel
Wheel awaiting a tyre
Shaping with a rasp
A pile of iron hubs
A corner of the wheelwrights shop
Drawknife in use
Checking the size of the tyre with a traveller
Sawing off the spoke ends
Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
A taper auger
Cleaning up the weld
Field gun wheels
Trimming the felloes
Cleaning up the tyre
Trimming the felloes to shape with a drawknife
Checking the tyre is properly fitted.
Sawing off the spoke ends
Shaping with a rasp
An example of the wheelwrights art
Tyre nearly in place
Drawknife in use
Field gun wheels
Drawknife in use again.
Hammering the tyre into place
Cleaning up the tyre
Close up of the clamping
Cleaning up
Using a taper auger on a wheel hub
Using a rasp to shape a notch
Cooling the hot tyre
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