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- Wheelwright
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- A wheelwright taps felloes onto spoke ends
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- Trades
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- History
- Parts of a wheel
- Industrial age
- Wheelwrighting today
- The future
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thumb|A wheelwright's shop
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 - as also in shipwright and arkwright). This occupational name became the English surname Wright, and also appears in surnames like Cartwright and Wainwright.