On Tue, 7 Jan 2014 15:57:46 -0800 (PST), stryped
wrote:

SO is steel hard to work with an English wheel? Is aluminum harder to work?

Depends. Generally steel is harder to work than aluminum - unless you
try to work something like 6061T6.
Aluminum work hardens (most grades, anyway) and after a while it can
be "hard as flint" and not want to move at all - or even crack -
unless you anneal it between stages.