my english wheel update

[Herm]

Well I've spent the past two weeks working an hour here and hour there and I finally got the lower anvil holder finished for my future english wheel. I got the design from an old american rodder magazine that i've saved since the 80's. I've been modeling it in solidworks and what I'm hoping to do is position it to the height that I think will fit me best and model the frame around it. I plan on using 3 x 4 x 1/4 thick tubing for the frame. Does anyone think that might be a little small for frame material? I'm still in the planning stage so im not obligated yet. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

lower anvil compressed.jpg

thanks,
Herman