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Spoke Puller; Spoke Dog


Title	Spoke Puller; Spoke Dog
Coverage / Year	1914 to 1920s
Description	The spoke puller has two iron pieces which are bolted together so that they pivot. One piece is twisted 90 degrees and is curved and sharpened. The other piece has a hook fashioned at one end.
Interpretation	Blacksmiths not only shod horses and forged iron, they also put together buggy and wagon wheels in an activity called wheelwrighting. This shopmade spoke puller, or spoke dog, was used to pull the spokes of a wheel into the holes of the rim.
Lesson Plans / Themes	How we learn about communities; American communities in history;
Learning Standards	16 History; 13 Science, Technology and Society; 18 Social Systems; 15 Economics;
Author or Creator	Unknown
Subject / Keywords	United States; Wheelwrighting; Early American transportation; Blacksmithing; Blacksmiths; Shopmade tools
Collection Publisher	Early American Museum
Further Information	For any further information related to this record, please contact the Collection Publisher. See http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/tdc for more information about this project.
Rights Management Statement	http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/tdc/conditions.htm
Resource Identifier	1998.016.0350
CONTENTdm file name	34338211162002_98.16.350.jpg