Homemade Metal Forming English Wheel


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BUILDER:
dechrome on jalopyjournal.com
DESCRIPTION:
A homemade English wheel principally fabricated from 3/16" welded steel and utilizing a semi-truck's drive shaft spline and yoke for the lower anvil hammer.
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(3)
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Feb 06, 2014 12:04 PM
daveward
Using that semi's drive shaft was clever...what did you replace it with?
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DIY Metal Forming English Wheel - comment on how to build a Metal Forming English Wheel - 1 comments
daveward says:
Feb 06, 2014 12:04 PM
Using that semi's drive shaft was clever...what did you replace it with?

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