whensparksfly
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i want to make engish wheel anvils and pullmax dies.i dont know what steel to use or how to heat treat them yet anyone on here do this project any help would be great.
Paul can you put up pic of you're finished English wheel
I prefer anvils with flats/blows... they're a bit easier to use in that the wider contact point is more forgiving with regards to tracking patterns/consistancy. Constant radius anvils shape things faster but it's easier to end up with 'facets' instead of a smooth result as the 'point' contact will highlight wonky/gappy trackinghotrodder what do you think of flats on the lower wheels or do you like a radius?
i have a English wheel wheel only one bottom wheel ive have been wondring what to do for years i think the best thing to do is to just buy a proper cast one.just where to buy one for sensible money?
FWIW colour codes of bar stock... http://parkersteel.net/steel/media/pdf/literature/Bright_Steel_Colour_Chart.pdf
Paul, did you go with constant radius anvils or flat contacts?
what do you all think of this machine
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/29-HEAVY-..._Body_Shop_Supplies_Paint&hash=item3ccd1b409b
GotchaHi Hotrodder,
The mild steel one was rough, a means to an end. It ended up in the scrap bin.
Had I bothered with the finish I see no reason why it would not have been ok for ally.
That's a rite of passage i'm glad i've managed to avoid so far [/shudder]"The only thing i'd say about the ebay set with a top wheel is that the added weight of a solid top wheel isn't necessarily a good thing... you've got to stop the inertia of that chunk turning at the end of each stroke." end quote
That's what thumbs are for.