Hello from Hinckley, UK
 

Hey all, my name is Rob, a precision machinist turned design engineer. In my spare time I make scale steam and petrol engines. My current project is a working half scale model of my 1937 Douglas Aero 500 Motorcycle. Im now at the stage where I want to have a go at building my own english wheel and starting on the tank and guards.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Q...8062011632.jpg

If you are interested in the project I have a few photos here:
https://sites.google.com/site/halfsi...lasmotorcycle/

I would like to be able to do my own bodywork as its something I have never attempted so expect some daft questions. Oh and most of the work Ill probably be doing will be in half scale :)

Rob.

Welcome to Allmetalshaping Rob!:D

Hinckley? Isn't that where Triumph lives?

welcome to the forum, nice machine work ,iam sure that you will have fun making an e wheel lots of info on here.

Hi Rob welcome to the site from another Brit. Nice work! I could do with someone like you near me. My honest advice is to learn to shape metal by hand before getting involved with machines.

David

Thanks for the replies, Yup Im in Hinckley and I work at Triumph - for the moment - as an (old) student design engineer.

Im hoping to do a weeks course to get me on the right track but the local one costs about £1000! So, if anyone is in my area - ill pay in beer/ale for tuition :)

Also, if anyone is in my area they are most welcome to pop around for a chat. This also extends to the americans in the room :rolleyes:

A thousand pounds is fairly average for a weeks course. Some courses are good some are not so good. What course is local to you? I have thought about running courses but my workshop is a bit small. I am not sure if there will be any more at Colchester Institute at the moment.

David

Welcome Rob, The english wheel is great ive been using it for a long time now but before i got to use my first wheel i had to learn how to shape using hand tools. :cool:

As peter says and as I have said on here many times, if you want to learn how to shape metal it is best to start with hand tools because is is much more intuitive.

David