Rim rivets come in different sizes and styles but all serve the purpose of reenforcing the felloes against splitting where the spokes are joined to the felloes.
Sometimes the style of rivets can be useful when identifying the maker of an original wagon or carriage.
New Merchandise Stores!
Store Frontier for shirts sweat shirts and hoodies.
Teespring for mugs.
Many of you are interested in the tire bolts and rivets I use in my videos.
Since I use a large number of these I do keep them in stock.
An email to daveengelscoachshop.com will get you a list of available sizes and pricing.
Some informative books on the Carriage Trade:
Carriage Terminology: An Historical Dictionary
The Brewster Story -
Practical Carriage Building
Wheel making: Wooden Wheel Design
Carriage and Wagon Axles
An Interesting account of an early English Wheelwright Shop
The Wheelwright Shop in Kindle form
Misc.
items I get frequent inquiries for:
3M spray adhesive I use
The Rasp I like to use
The Rebar Leatherman I use
The silk scarf I wear
My metal marking pencil
Metal marking pencil refills
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