Take off the tips of the spokes to about the size of tongue required with a tool somewhat like a large countersink inverted, with cutters inside, then with the hollow bit cut down to depth this cutsthe shoulder at the same time as it makes the round tongue. To do it by another method, mark in the front of the tongue parallel with the set-stick fixed to the front of the stock, by which the spokes were guided when driven in; then mark off the diameter, saw in to these marks back and front, split off, and with the draw-knife pull it out short at the sides and trim up round, using a fitter to guide the size. A tongue made this way is much stronger than when the shoulder is cut in square all round, as the grain at the side of the spoke is not cut so short.