Larry Jaques wrote:
On Sat, 04 Jan 2014 00:46:15 -0500, wrote:

On Fri, 03 Jan 2014 21:06:48 -0800, Larry Jaques
wrote:

On Fri, 03 Jan 2014 16:05:17 -0800, wrote:
Then go shopping for that 300 dollar english wheel and a planishing hammer.
Has anyone here bought and/or used the Harbor Freight English wheel or
pneumatic planishing hammer?

Are they even making them any more? I'm curious how they turned out.
Oh, I see they a http://tinyurl.com/ke4gkkm anvil set $120
http://tinyurl.com/k27uhy7 wheel $300
http://tinyurl.com/mde8rfh planisher $120
The HF wheel is good for aluminum - passable for light steel.

Is it a lighter-weight build (thin tubing?) which makes it only
passable for light steel and not for heavier panels? What would make
it better? Gusseting?

Yep, there are diagrams online showing what and where to add steel.



The planisher works. Not great but decent.

MAN, those things are noisy!

Fill the frame with steel and replace the hammer with a better one and
the noise level drops a bunch.


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