Wheelwright reenactor New Salem, Illinois

Wheelwrights Workshop at the Amberley Working Museum, West Sussex, England

A wheelwright is a person who builds or repairs wheels. This occupational name eventually became the English surname Wheelwright. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1200x800, 969 KB) Wheelwright reenactor, New Salem, Illinois, 2006. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1200x800, 969 KB) Wheelwright reenactor, New Salem, Illinois, 2006. ... Reenactors of the American Civil War Historical reenactment is an activity in which participants recreate some aspects of a historical event or period. ... New Salem is the name of a former village in Menard County, Illinois in the United States. ... Image File history File linksMetadata AmberleyWheelWright. ... Image File history File linksMetadata AmberleyWheelWright. ... Amberley Working Museum is a museum in Amberley, Arundel, West Sussex, England. ... It has been suggested that Wheel and Axle be merged into this article or section. ... A family name, or surname, is that part of a persons name that indicates to what family he or she belongs. ...

Historically, these tradesmen made wheels for carts and wagons by constructing the hub, the spokes and the rim segments and assembling them all into a unit. Most wheels were made from wood but other materials have been used, such as bone and horn, for decorative or other purposes. The iron tire was pre-fabricated by a blacksmith and it was the final item assembled to make the wheel a unit. Note: A cart may also be short for cartridge, particularly in the radio industry, where 8_track cartridges (and later CDs and zip drives) were used. ... A wagon (in old British English waggon) is a wheeled vehicle, ordinarily with four wheels, usually pulled by an animal such as a horse, mule or ox, which was used for transport of heavy goods in the past. ... A spoke is one of some number of rods radiating from the center of a wheel (the hub where the axle connects), connecting the hub with the round traction surface. ... Trunks A tree trunk as found at the Veluwe, The Netherlands Wood is a solid material derived from woody plants, notably trees but also shrubs. ... Grays Anatomy illustration of a human femur. ... Highland cow, a very old long-horned breed from Scotland. ... General Name, Symbol, Number iron, Fe, 26 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 8, 4, d Appearance lustrous metallic with a grayish tinge Atomic mass 55. ... A blacksmith A blacksmith at work A blacksmith at work A blacksmiths fire Hot metal work from a blacksmith A blacksmith is a person who creates objects from iron or steel by forging the metal; i. ...

In modern times, a wheelwright refers to someone who repairs wheels on vehicles such as automobiles, buses and trucks. This person also does things such as examine and repair wheel alignment, rims, drums, discs and wire spokes. For the magazine called automobile, see Automobile Magazine. ... An articulated bus operated by the CTA in Chicago, Illinois, USA. A Go North East Bus parked in a lay-by in Tyne and Wear, England A bus is a large road vehicle intended to carry numerous persons in addition to the driver and sometimes a conductor. ... The driver of this DAF tractor with an auto-transport semi-trailer truck prepares to offload Å koda Octavia cars in Cardiff, Wales A truck or lorry is a motor vehicle for transporting goods. ... A drum brake is a brake in which the friction is caused by a set of shoes or pads that press against the inner surface of a rotating drum. ... Close-up of a disc brake on a car On automobiles, disc brakes are often located within the wheel The disc brake is a device for slowing or stopping the rotation of a wheel. ... A spoke is one of some number of rods radiating from the center of a wheel (the hub where the axle connects), connecting the hub with the round traction surface. ...

See also

• Wheelbuilding
• Cartwright

Radial (left) and semi-tangential (right) bicycle spoke patterns Wheelbuilding is the art and science of assembling a wheel (generally a bicycle wheel, although such wheels are also used on wheelchairs, motorcycles, and some cars, and known as wire wheels) from its component rim, spokes, nipples and hub. ... Spoiler warning: Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home_Admiral Cartwright stands beside the Federation President on Earth Admiral Cartwright_Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home Cartwright is a character from the fictional universe of Star Trek. ...

References

Sturt, George (1923). The Wheelwright's Shop. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-09195-0.