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I bought an english wheel about 2 years ago. I finally got around to cleaning up the rollers this weekend. I cleaned them up on the lath using sandpaper then chromed them. The big wheel was too big for me to chrome so I just covered it in 30wt oil and wrapped it in a towel, then put it in a bag till I need it. The smaller wheels I also stored in a tool box covered in oil wrapped in a towel till I need them:




Gary
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If you are looking at metal working tools, there is something I have used on a regular bassis. I find these more essential if you do much metal work on a car. One is the brake/roller and cutter from Harbor Freight. I actually got this when it was on discount for $200 with free shipping. I use it to cut steel, make 2-dimentional arcs and to bend basic 90 degree angles. I have used it countless times for countless things:



The second thing is the anvil below it.

Gary
Here is just a few things I have done with the combination Brake, roller and cutter from HF:

Made these tanks from aluminum. Round tank was cut/rolled, square tank was cut, bent in 2 pieces, and of course cut, bent and rolled the brackets for the round tank:
http://www.rc-tech.net/MGB/homestretch/ctank.jpg
http://www.rc-tech.net/MGB/homestretch/of.jpg

Cut, and curved all 3 pieces in the nose of the fender including the round part of the bucket. The nose is all new metal:

Cut bent metal and welded in to make room for Camero Trans in MGB:

http://www.rc-tech.net/MGB/tunnel/tunfin.jpg
http://www.rc-tech.net/MGB/tunnel/tunfin2.jpg

Several body pieces cut and bent to shape. Door pannels, a quarter panel, the rear round pices curved and welded in bellow the tail lights. The list goes on and on all from the HF tool.

Gary
http://www.rc-tech.net/MGB/prep2/lfen.jpg
Here is something I just finished up with it. The shifter had to be moved because of the change in transmission. Here are the updated covers:

http://www.rc-tech.net/MGB/homestretch/shiftcov.jpg
http://www.rc-tech.net/MGB/homestretch/shiftcov3.jpg

Then the carpet did not fit so I needed a new trim cover:

http://www.rc-tech.net/MGB/homestretch/cov1.jpg
http://www.rc-tech.net/MGB/homestretch/cov2.jpg

By the way I saw HF had these on sale this month for $299

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=5907

Gary
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