Hi Chris, welcome to the site, It is great to have lots of machines and making machines is fun but it is best to learn to form metal by hand before using a wheeling machine. I have two large cast iron machines in my workshop along with many othe machines but a big pecentage of the work is still done using hand tools, either because it is quicker or because it is not possible to do with a machine or because in most cases finishing by hand is best. The wheel is not very intuative to use and you will get on better with if you have an understanding of how the metal moves when you hit it. I still form most panels by hand and just use the wheel to smooth of large areas. (depending on the shape)
David
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