I don't know what it's used for....

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  • Ed62
    The Full Monte
    • Oct 2006
    • 6021
    • NW Indiana
    • BT3K

    #1

    I don't know what it's used for....

    The latest HF flyer has an "English wheel" listed. I told my wife I had absolutely no idea what it was used for.......but I'm pretty sure I need it.

    Ed
    Do you know about kickback? Ray has a good writeup here... https://www.sawdustzone.org/articles...mare-explained

    For a kickback demonstration video http://www.metacafe.com/watch/910584...demonstration/
  • os1kne
    Senior Member
    • Jan 2003
    • 901
    • Atlanta, GA
    • BT3100

    #2
    I know that they're used for shaping sheet metal, etc. for auto body work - there are probably other uses as well.
    Bill

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    • germdoc
      Veteran Member
      • Nov 2003
      • 3567
      • Omaha, NE
      • BT3000--the gray ghost

      #3
      I think they're used for making English horns. I have no idea what they're used for either.
      Jeff


      “Doctors are men who prescribe medicines of which they know little, to cure diseases of which they know less, in human beings of whom they know nothing”--Voltaire

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      • Thalermade
        Senior Member
        • Dec 2002
        • 791
        • Ohio
        • BT 3000

        #4
        Guess you never watched Orange County Choppers or West Coast Choppers/Jesse James. Both shows had folks using the English wheel. Pretty impressive watching the flat metal worked into different shapes.

        Probably a great work out as well - - Maybe we should be on the lookout for an OCC workout video, or maybe not.


        Russ

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        • crokett
          The Full Monte
          • Jan 2003
          • 10627
          • Mebane, NC, USA.
          • Ryobi BT3000

          #5
          Here is a link to one:
          http://marketplace.diynetwork.com/Pr...id=2366-144445
          David

          The chief cause of failure in this life is giving up what you want most for what you want at the moment.

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          • scmhogg
            Veteran Member
            • Jan 2003
            • 1839
            • Simi Valley, CA, USA.
            • BT3000

            #6
            It's for planishing. Duh!

            Steve
            I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong. Bertrand Russell

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            • cgallery
              Veteran Member
              • Sep 2004
              • 4503
              • Milwaukee, WI
              • BT3K

              #7
              Those are for cars that drive on the left-hand side of the road.

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              • Ed62
                The Full Monte
                • Oct 2006
                • 6021
                • NW Indiana
                • BT3K

                #8
                Originally posted by cgallery
                Those are for cars that drive on the left-hand side of the road.
                :

                Ed
                Do you know about kickback? Ray has a good writeup here... https://www.sawdustzone.org/articles...mare-explained

                For a kickback demonstration video http://www.metacafe.com/watch/910584...demonstration/

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                • Uncle Cracker
                  The Full Monte
                  • May 2007
                  • 7091
                  • Sunshine State
                  • BT3000

                  #9
                  I had a fake steering wheel installed on the passenger side of my car, so LOML would think she was driving... The peace and quiet is refreshing, and she hasn't caught on yet...

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                  • jking
                    Senior Member
                    • May 2003
                    • 972
                    • Des Moines, IA.
                    • BT3100

                    #10
                    Originally posted by Thalermade
                    Guess you never watched Orange County Choppers or West Coast Choppers/Jesse James. Both shows had folks using the English wheel. Pretty impressive watching the flat metal worked into different shapes.

                    Probably a great work out as well - - Maybe we should be on the lookout for an OCC workout video, or maybe not.


                    Russ
                    There used to be a tech school in Kansas somewhere that still taught the use of the english wheel. I saw a show about it several years ago. It sounded like it was actually hard to get into. It was a popular program for hot rodders & about the only one left like it.

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