Building and restoring horse drawn vehicles, with wheelwright Dave Engel, sometimes reveals that even old, original buggy wheels were built incorrectly. This wheel repair shows that although we are prone to believe that the original is always correct, there are a number of occasions that show that workmen and women were susceptible to errors, just like today.

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