My English wheel was built with out a kit. All the parts came from Northern tool, and Liberty metal. The 2" by 8" top wheel is a caster that I chucked up in...
I just happened to find this today. Looks like it was as of Nov 22nd. The Goodguys Vintage Drag Racing Association will no longer stage nostalgia drag race...
Saw that on the HAMB a while ago;the story was that Goodguys only made money on one big event per year,and that was enough to support all the other events on...
I wonder were they think Seattle is. Doug Walter fred barnes <fred.barnes2@...> wrote: I just happened to find this today. Looks like it was as of Nov...
Saw Jim Bailie's work in the new book from Thom Taylor: Hot Rod & Custom Car Chronicle. 2 pages describing the work he did on Nadean, with pictures of the...
do you have any pictures or drawing sof you r wheel that you could share , thanks ... From: jvarnell@... To: metalshapers@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday,...
Ian Griffith ( unklian ) has posted a new message titled "Re: DIY Photo Etching.". Posted: Sat, Dec 2nd, 2006 - 1:50PM Another variation,this method should...
You might want to look at the ewheel building seminar I did on the MetalMeet site: http://metalmeet.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3370 Different approach... Kerry...
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Kerry Excellent post on MM on E-wheel build,lots of great info there that people can use in their own build. One question, on the use of mild steel bar stock...
This visegrip mod is so handy I'm sure someone must make them, but for 20 min. work and a cheap set of visegrips you can make a set . They work so well for...
Boy Jim You stick your head out of the bunker just long enough to dazzel us with you inginuity, and wait for the collective thud as everyone hits their...
Jim that is an awesome idea. I can't tell you how many time I can use something like that because I will be too busy making a set (or 2 for myself) thanks for...
Thanks for the kind words Gordon. I wrote it to help folks who want to build their own. I have no idea what the steel was. I suspect 10xx. When I made my...
Kerry I figured something along those lines of "Mushing Out', pretty much the same as the Plannishing Dies i made from M.S. . Having spent a good bit of time...
Hi Gordon and Kerry. You mentioned everyone else must be in the shop building something. I don't know what is going on, but when I logged on there were 20...
Ian Griffith ( unklian ) has posted a new message titled "Bench Top Wheel ?". Posted: Wed, Dec 6th, 2006 - 10:07PM After some discussion in the Saturday Night...
Ian Griffith ( unklian ) has posted a new message titled "Re: Budget Bench Top Wheel ?". Posted: Wed, Dec 6th, 2006 - 10:18PM Part of the idea,in this...
Frank Soon as i saw his drawing i thought of your design Frank .The truss work has always intriged me . I guess i read about Bucky Fuller to much . I'm working...
I'm assuming the frame won't be stiff enough as designed, so I've got some .062" sheet to wrap it in. I could make the whole thing from just .062"sheet, but...
Kerry Pinkerton ( pinkertonkap ) has posted a new message titled "Re: Bench Top Wheel ?". Posted: Thurs, Dec 7th, 2006 - 8:40AM I had a very similar design...
Richard Ferguson ( raferguson ) has posted a new message titled "Re: Bench Top Wheel ?". Posted: Thurs, Dec 7th, 2006 - 11:48AM My reaction is that it looks...
A way around all the welding is to bolt the two C frames together. This is also eliminates the alignment issues that come with all the welding. The Hoosier...
My 24" wheel frame needed a .008" shim to get the alignment correct. Sulpy's 48" wheel needed .012" shim,IIRC. Maybe I got lucky. Bolting the yokes on makes...