Name/TitleTraveller (Wooden Wheel)
About this objectThis was used by the donor’s father, last of a long line of blacksmiths, at Beyton Forge, early in the 20th Century. It was used for measuring the circumference of the wooden wheel and the length of the iron strip which was to be made into a hoop tyre to fit it. The wheel of the traveller, has four slight concentric grooves. A hole between the two outer grooves has the diameter of the distance between them: it lies diametrically opposite the groove on the perimeter of the wheel again which the revolutions were counted in measuring, but the purpose of the hole is not known. The traveller was first run round the wheel, starting at a felloe join, a chalk mark made on the traveller at the appropriate point; it was then run down the strip of iron, which was cut accordingly. The measurements would be checked again after the iron had been bent into a hoop.
Date Made1900-1920
Medium and MaterialsAsh
MeasurementsWheel - Diameter: 215mm. Depth: 12mm
Stock and Handle - Length: 277mm. Depth: 40mm. Width 27mm
Overall length: 360mm
Object numberSTMEA:A.4491
Copyright Licence
Attribution - Non-commercial (cc)
