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An early wheel made of a solid piece of wood. A wheel is a rotating component (typically circular in shape) that is intended to turn on an axle bearing. The wheel is one of the key components of the wheel and axle which is one of the six simple machines. Wheels, in conjunction with axles, allow heavy objects to be moved easily facilitating ...
Worldwide Wheelwright Phill Gregson fitting iron "strakes" to a traditional wooden wheel. A wheelwright is a craftsman who builds or repairs wooden wheels. The word is the combination of "wheel" and the word "wright" (which comes from the Old English word " wryhta ", meaning a worker or shaper of wood) as in shipwright and arkwright. [1]
The wheel is dated to the late 2nd millennium BCE and was excavated at Choqa Zanbil. The remains of a pair of cart wheels with metal axle assembly. An ox-wagon in Aliwal North, South Africa. Note the three missing spokes and the metal tire. Wooden spoke wheel with metal rim from antique truck on display in Underground Atlanta.
The spinning drive wheel turns the flyer and, via friction with the flyer shaft, the bobbin. A short tension band, or brake band, adds drag to the bobbin such that when the spinner loosens their tension on the newly spun yarn, the bobbin and flyer spin relative to each other and the yarn is wound onto the bobbin.
Diagram of the steering gear of an 18th- to 19th-century sailing ship [3]: 151 Helm of TS Golden Bear. A ship's wheel is composed of eight cylindrical wooden spokes (though sometimes as few as six or as many as ten or twelve depending on the wheel's size and how much force is needed to turn it.) shaped like balusters and all joined at a central wooden hub or nave (sometimes covered with a ...
Ljubljana Marshes Wheel. Having a diameter of 70 centimetres (27 + 1⁄2 in), the wheel is made of ash and oak. The aperture for the 120-centimetre-long (47 + 1⁄4 in) axle is square, which means that the wheel and the axle rotated together. The Ljubljana Marshes Wheel is a wooden wheel that was found in the Ljubljana Marsh some 20 kilometres ...
Bullock cart. A bullock cart or ox cart (sometimes called a bullock carriage when carrying people in particular) is a two-wheeled or four-wheeled vehicle pulled by oxen. It is a means of transportation used since ancient times in many parts of the world. They are still used today where modern vehicles are too expensive or less suitable for the ...
The Mansell Wheel is a railway wheel patented by Richard Mansell, the Carriage and Wagon superintendent of the South Eastern Railway in the UK. [1][page needed] The design was created in the 1840s and was eventually used widely on passenger railway stock in the UK. It is an interesting example of a composite wooden wheel, using the same ...