anyone....

[St.stephen]

Does anyone know how much a used english wheel goes for? I would love to have one of these!

[Ed]

What's a "used english wheel"?

[Smokey]

Since he is talking about one wheel, I guess it might be a Steering wheel. Were they different in England?

[2ManyZs]

English wheels are a tool used to form curves in sheetmetal by rolling it between two rollers of varying diameters and curvatures.

I doubt you are going to have an easy time of finding a used one. There aren't too many companies that even make new ones anymore. Last time I saw a new one advertised it was in the 1-2K range for the full set-up.

Unless you could find a Nascar team that is selling off its shop full of tools that is.... most of them still have a fabricator using them to form the fenders and such....

[Smokey]

Ahhh, that makes sense.

[St.stephen]

2many hit it on the head. This would make my job much more enjoyable for sure. The only one I have ever seen other than plans on ebay was in the 1500 range. That's a little steep on the budget right now, however they are hard to find for sale because they are still very widely used.

[2ManyZs]

I remembered seeing a bench top english wheel on one of TNN's auto shows a while back and look what I found....

Not exactly cheap but.......

http://www.metalcrafttools.com/

[St.stephen]

If I'm reading that right, 535.00 for the unit isn't bad at all. I can;t see that I would need anything bigger than that for the repairs that aren;t covered by replacement panels.

I have def bookmarked that site! Thanks 2 many!

[2ManyZs]

535 gets you the parts and you have to build the framework.

695 gets the whole thing already to go if I read it right.

That is also bookmarked, that is something I'd like to have one of these days if I could find room enough to put it in the shop.:cross-eye

[HS30-H]

Interesting to see USA-based company describe themselves as "The home of the English Wheel"!...........

Interestingly ( and perhaps not so surprisingly ) over here we just call them "Wheeling Machines".

There's a company called FROST here in the UK which claims to have been making them for over 100 years. If you look at the prices that they charge for them compared to the prices in the USA, you might think it would take around 100 years to save up for one ( £1 Sterling is roughly $1.60 at the moment.... ).

I scanned this section from their catalogue ( they do not have a website ). Pretty frightening prices aren't they?

Alan T.

[St.stephen]

actually if I read it right the bench top one was 535.00. I did a search on google and came up with some informational discussions on using the wheel.

I'm thinking the bench top model may be just the one that would be perfect. This thing would make some real nice inner fender well patches and under the batter tray replacement. Be nice to get away slightly from the sheet metal brake and shot bags.

The first time I saw jesse James use an english wheel to make a gas tank I was hooked.

HS30-H...those prices are frightening! I have a subscription to "Practical Classics" and I am always looking at UK prices for tools. Some of the stuff is much cheaper over there but the shipping is what gets yah.

I priced the full size model of the wheel, just about three g's.

[hmsports]

I have very detailed plans that I purchased from Lindsay's Technical Books . The author explains all pertinent information about forces etc. Also tells you how to use heavy duty steel caster wheels for part of it.

They also have other books that explain how to build a metal lathe, milling machine and other tools VERY innexpensively.

They even have books on how to build a steam locomotive!