Hi for Virginia, Needing plans to build an English wheel please...
 

Hi, Ed Biggar here. I have been looking at the English wheel offered at Harbor Freight and I as a welder for over 30 years feel I can make something just as good or better in my shop. I would like to hear from the forum members their recommendations on the best plans for building an EW and also the better makers of anvils,etc. I am thinking about buying the large wheel and anvil selection from Harbor Freight but would like some input on their quality and durability. I am on a limited budget and will be needing to learn the basics of metal forming on the wheel, sandbag etc. My goal is to be able to form sheetmetal into sculpture ( a life sized mule for displaly and my pasture would be a desirable project when I am set up for it). In the early 70's I hand formed and oxy-gas welded a life sized wild boar when I lived and raised swine in Oregon. It was a good art piece and now belongs to a lawyer. Thanks for reading this and any help will greatly appreciated. Cheers from beautiful Southwest Virginia!

Ed, simply put, don't waste your money. You've got the equipment and skills so go to the ewheel forum and clone one of ours. Proven design and you'll have less in it than trying to make that POS workable. The only real choice for quality anvils and uppers is Hoosier Profiles. Some others make good stuff but are two+ times the price of Hoosier.

Hi Ed and welcome!


I'll second that!:D

HI Ed welcome to the forum
Peter