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Ali Nose
mlgates - 16/9/03 at 06:18 PM

Does anyone manufacture an alum. nose?

Surrey Dave - 16/9/03 at 07:40 PM

Caterham Cars did aluminium nose and arches as an option some years ago ,not sure if they still do ,but it was serious money.

stephen_gusterson - 16/9/03 at 09:15 PM

chris gibbs made an ali nose himself, but it took a whole loada time....

atb

steve

thekafer - 16/9/03 at 10:32 PM

Making an ali nose would be a great excuse to make an english wheel though!

Fletch

Browser - 17/9/03 at 12:49 AM

quote:

Making an ali nose would be a great excuse to make an english wheel though!


Trouble for most of us this side of the pond theKafer is that we have garages made to store a Morris Minor in and putting an Englich Wheeling machine in there would fill the chuffin' things up! Still, if I ever get a big enough garage (or a workshop) I'll be after one as well.

thekafer - 17/9/03 at 02:29 AM

A friend of mine built an english wheel w/ 24" throat 24" tall. Fits in a vice post!

It's only 2" wide

It's plenty big for any thing I would do.Stores under a work bench.

He bought the anvils off ebay.

cheers Fletch

Browser - 17/9/03 at 03:38 AM

Are plans available?

mlgates - 17/9/03 at 08:34 PM

I'm thinking of giving it a go. I've been lurking in the "metalshapers" group on google. That fourm is chauk full of information on alum. forming, english wheel, and power hammer use. I think that there are plans for wheeling machine in the files section. Also check out www.metalshapers.org

Just weighing my options: build forming equipment, then attempt some bodywork or buy it. (probably expensive)

I really would like an all alum. body.

thekafer - 18/9/03 at 05:16 AM

There are plans on a web site I think it was called tinman.com?

I would by the anvils though,I would'nt want to subject my little lathe to 4130.

Buy them first and then design your own frame around them.

Fletch

Noodle - 18/9/03 at 06:03 AM

Try this...

http://www.tinmantech.com/html/sheet_metal_shaping_machines.html

Cheers,

Neil.