because my other tread got deleted i will try again this is not an ad just want to show my stuff and see what you guys think and if you built tools your self,admins i beg you to read this before doing something irrational,i have the highest respect for your work so please have the same for mine,if you find something that resembles an ad let me know how to change the text so there's no missunderstandings //janne
again this is no ad but only pics of english wheels i make to do small patch panels and bike fenders or whatever







just for fun i made a door skin for my -27 roadster hot rod using the wheel and a beadroller

 

I said it on the other thread and I'll say it on here, impressive work!

Sad that you can't discuss something without over zealous mods jumping on it!

 

well it was my misstake and they did the right thing,so no evil bout them.thanks for your kind words //janne

 

impressive stuff mate skill needed to use them which you seem to have as well

 

thanks
i recommend everyone who has the possibillity to take a class in metal shaping to do it,i took it here in sweden by LAZZE who now holds his training in usa,and it's incredible fun
i read "custom car" from uk and have seen ads with ron cowell if i remeber right, he's a pure genius

 

The quality of those tools looks fantastic

 

hey thanks for all the kind words you make me blush

there is so much cool and well built cars on here that makes my mind dizzy

there must be some cool hometooling as well ??
come on and share some stuff
//janne

 

i made a timing tool for a audi v6 out of fuel pipe, electrical tape and a drill bit if that counts?

lol, seriously though, yours looks well impressive!

 

hey macgyver has entered the building

 

hey!! nobodys allowed to dis Macgyver!!

 

Can someone please explain to me what the above tool does and when it would be used.

Never seen anything like that in my life

Big-Dan.

 

there's no dissing of the king of steel wire and duct tape going on here

 

For metal panel working, helps to stretch metal sheets to add shape to it by squeezing it between the rollers

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spVRJN1dETU

 

they are often much bigger,there is a bunch of videos at you tube

 

Are they actually stiff enough when built from box section? They're usually quite substantially made from cast iron are they not so there's very little flex?

Stuff like this I mean-

 

we have a huge english wheel at work never seen anyone use it
apparently it used to get used by a old employee who used to make panels for the boss fathers rolls royce.

would love to do a metal work type course would be a super handy skill to have and very satisfying

 

the stiffnes is not an issue with box sections because you don't adjust the wheels harder than you can slapp the metal sideways with your palm,i tried just for fun to see how hard i could run these simple things and there were so much lines from the wheels that you would need filler to make it disapear,the bigger you build them the more complex bow you will need to make,this will take 400 millimeters wide metal wich means you can wheel 800mm stuff

 

i just think it's amazing how someone can take a flat sheet of metel and make it into something, i just cannot even begin to imagine the amount of work it must take to get something perfect.

 

it takes alot of practice but you would be surprised how fast you can learn tha basics,i did a 3 day training 8-17:00 basic wheeling tec and shrinker/strecher work and alot of work in the beadroller and it was among the best things i've done in my life,higly recomended
would be great if some of you took a class in UK and shared your thoughts after it

//janne

 

btt

share your tools

 

bet you traped your fingers afew times with that behind the bench

 

Very impressive


Brian

 

the supermarket ran out of plasters

 

btt share your tool making and stuff

//janne

 

Impresive mate.

 

they look great, but why do you need 4? if i were you i'd keep one for myself and sell the other 3

 

thanx they are from a previous order, i have sold 28 something of them now,would be great to see some other peoples stuff of tools they have come up with,this is not an ad so don't remowe the thread please

 

In 9 months precisely no one's shared their tools, so I reckon you're on your own mate

 

yes i'm sorry to see that i'm the only one with a life

posting in GD is a quick way of seeing your thread move down the pages in a fast way with all the new threads and posts to some of the popular ones

 

Body roller?

 

nice!

will steal some of thoose ideas

 

made a compresion tester for my mk1 escort years ago and a engine suport brace the other day

anything i make is ruff and ready as have to make it when i realize i need it to use it that day lol
will get pics

 

top work like it a lot