How to make small wooden wheels for a wooden locomotive and tender

I’m looking for any suggestions for turning small railroad wheels (~1” dia and 1/7” thick) for the tender of a wooden locomotive model that I am building.

I turned wheels of a similar size for the front truck of the locomotive but only got 2 good ones for every 3 or so I turned. Here’s a picture of the front truck of the locomotive.

I need to turn 8 more of for the 2 trucks of the tender but I’m not looking forward to spending 5 or 6 hours making them. It is not so important that they have a particular shape as it is that they all have the same shape.

The first ones were all of basswood, like the rest of the model, but I could use something harder. For strength, the grain has to go across the wheels.

Does anyone have any suggestions for mass producing them?

I’d appreciate direct e-mails to carvintom@gmail.com

Thanks!

-- Carvin' Tom, www.carvintom.blogspot.com