Quick Fact – Wheel Woods

Early 1900s

Manufacturer B.C. Wills & Co. crafted roulette wheels out of one or more woods — boxwood, ebony, rosewood, walnut, Honduras mahogany or satin wood — that were seasoned and kiln dried in a year-long process.

Photo: Boyd and Sharon Nickson Cox display this wheel at their Reno, Nevada business, Antiques & Treasures.