Bench top tipping wheel

[Landyplan]

Hello mate,

How much would shipping to England be?

Cheers

[(notch)]

i would be interested in one also

[Terry Stolarski]

"landyplan" Angus, I check at the post office today and as near as they can figure $6.00 will cover the postage. If you want one, PM me and I'll send you one out. Thanks Terry

[dabirdguy]

How soft should the lower wheel be? I tried one of these on my bead roller using a plastic lower wheel. I think the lower is too hard.

[(notch)]

i just got my die in the mail today terry. thank you very much. i cant wait to use it. now i have motovation to finish my bead roller. im going to try it with a skateboard or roller skate wheel.

[zapp]

I'll take 2 and build a wheel for my mate while Im at it, please send paypal request including postage to australia to moparnt@bigpond.net.au

[emmac]

G'Day Terry
Wheel arrived today. Thank you very much. Hope you have some left as I'd like to buy 2 more please. Will send an e-mail re paypal payment.
Thanks again.
Merv.

[Koji]

Terry - I loved this idea so much I had to put one together for myself. It isn't nearly as nice as yours, but after some adjustments I figure it'll get the job done.

I'm having an issue getting the steel to feed through the machine. I had a friend of mine turn down a skateboard wheel and make a shaft collar for use on a HF bead roller. It works great on the bead roller but it's not working real well on the tipping wheel. I think he just did too nice a job smoothing the surface - it seems like the wheel needs a good amount of grip to pull the steel through.

How "sticky" is that lower wheel on your machine Terry? Do you feel it would be beneficial to have the upper/lower sections connected by some gears? I have a few I could maybe adapt to this.

Thanks!

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[Terry Stolarski]

I too have tried the skate board wheel and they are too slippery to pull the steel in. Two gears would be ideal and work the best. The lower rubber wheel I used on mine is soft enough to grip the steel, but too soft it does not want to bend the metal. Too hard a wheel it slips. The last one I made for a friend I used a wheelie bar wheel off my drag car and that wheel was soft enough so you can just push your fingernail in it with a considerable amount of force. It was a wheel I had laying around from an old wheelie bar I no longer use. Sadly, they have changed the hardness of the rubber on the new wheelie bar and no longer make that style. Now, whenever I see a caster or any small rubber wheel, I am constantly sticking my thumb nail to find the right resistance. Good luck, Terry

[Koji]

Thanks for the feedback sir - looks like it's time to go searching.