Welcome Vaughn,
I find the E-wheel ideal for aircraft parts which are generally low-crown if they're structural. These are not good candidates for shrinking or for striking with hammers and slappers. Nice and gentle makes the best parts and that's how an E-wheel does its work. I did very little hand work before using the wheel and found it very easy to use. If you're building cowlings, wheel pants, etc you can use more "normal" techniques and use alloys that respond to annealing. 2024T3 Alclad needs to worked with care to avoid scratching the surface so I'd go first to the E-wheel and avoid most of the other tools
I'm in the Fort Myers area if you want to come play with my E-wheel before you take the plunge.
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