Interesting video showing how they made replica wagon wheels for the huge 20 mule team Borax wagons. A completed wheel weighed as much as 1080 pounds including the iron "tire" made up of 1" flat stock 8" wide rolled to 80" outside diameter. White and red oak hubs, spokes and rims. Much of the work done on vintage machines.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JVcE8gho4k

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