Truely satisfying!

This is a special delight for me…. I find re-lacing and truing spoke wheels very rewarding! As the pieces come together to make perfect roundness from a wobbly, undulating rim and the radii splay themselves in perfect formation, I have a sense of satisfaction as the sculpture is completed. And to bring a rusty old wheel from the brink of the scrap heap back to it’s original condition simply fuels the flame!!

This wheel is from a 1948 Morgan three wheeler and has a slightly different spoke pattern than the average motorcycle wheel.

This wheel is from a 1948 Morgan three wheeler and has a slightly different spoke pattern than the average motorcycle wheel.

First step is  to remove the spokes so they can be replicated and the wheel re-laced with fresh spokes.

First step is to remove the spokes so they can be replicated and the wheel re-laced with fresh spokes.

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