Procure a pair of "Warner stocks and set of spokes to match; these are supplied with the iron band mortised the exact size of the bottom part of the spoke just above the shoulder, which is sunk or housed in full 1/2 in. from the face of the iron band, the shoulder of the spoke resting on the wood centre of the stock. To fit the spokes into this part, the mortises already made must be eased out to ensure a good fit to the tenon of the spoke. Before driving the spokes into the stock, clean off the front end of the stock quite level, and fix with a coach-screw, dead in the centre, a strip of wood called a set-stick; this must be perfectly straight and parallel, 2 in. wide by 1 in. thick, and a little longer than the spoke. Measure the distance from the front of a mortise to the set-stick. In the set-stick, at the height of the shoulder of the spoke, bore a hole, and insert a piece of cane or whalebone, keeping it as much shorter than the distance from the mortise at the bottom as the dish required in the wheel. In wheels of this description i in. is sufficient when made, as they go more in tyreing.

Drive all the spokes in, so that they touch the peg in the set-stick. To get the tongues all alike, plane a small piece of panel board to such a width that when held against the inside of the set-stick the opposite edge of the board comes on the spoke full 1/4 in. Mark all round by this. Now set off the size of the tongue with compasses, and cut down, sawing the shoulders on the front and back only, pulling out the sides with the draw-knife. In large firms, the tongues are made with hollow augers, which cut a square shoulder right round the spoke; but this method is not so strong as that described above. In cutting in the felloes or rims, see that the joints are square and true, and bore the dowel holes parallel with the face of the felloe; also bore all the holes for the tongues exact, as when they are bored through at different angles it is impossible to get a true face on a wheel; undue strain is also put on the tongues of the spokes, so that they soon break off short at the shoulder.