New addition to the shop, any expert advice?
 

Scored this on a good deal of Facebook market place, have always wanted to play with it and become proficient with one so I got this one to play with and learn. Anyone out there good with one and have any good advice or tips??

Re: New addition to the shop, any expert advice?
 

ENGLISH WHEEL

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Re: New addition to the shop, any expert advice?
 

Practice Practice Practice.

Re: New addition to the shop, any expert advice?
 

I had a big one, a Metal Ace kit and sold it after my hand surgeries.
I bought a smaller one like you have and it does almost everything I need it to do.
As Kiwi say's "practice, practice, practice".
Also YouTube is your friend. There are countless hours of techniques by some real professionals.
I have been doing it for years and am still learning.

Re: New addition to the shop, any expert advice?
 

Nice one from Harbor Freight used mine to make some of the race car aluminum body panels. Practice makes perfect other than that be careful wear gloves holding the material and watch your fingers.
Ronnieroadster

Re: New addition to the shop, any expert advice?
 

For practice: Draw an odd number of lines about 1 inch apart the length of metal where you want to run the wheels. Number the center one 0 and 1 -? each side of 0. Start at 0 running with the line. Then move to the 1s, 2s etc making the same number of back and forth runs each time. This way you can keep track of what is happening. Add more tension and repeat.
Oh, and expect blood blisters on fingers that get in the way. Doing this will help you understand what is going on.