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Old 05-05-2015, 03:54 PM
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Default Small bench top wheel

I had a rush job come in to repair a dent in a spotlight.
Spotlight to small to fit in my wheel, so I thought I would build
a small wheel like Peter has in his shop, and wheel the dent out.
Before I got started building the bench top wheel, I went to a local
motorcycle swap meet, looking for something to make the adjuster out of.
I found something that I thought would work, then I spotted this, in a bucket of valve spring compressors.

The guy didn't know what it was, and didn't care, as it was just taking up space.
So I gave him a few dollars for it, and headed home.
I grabbed a few pieces of scrap steel and welded up a stand for the roller.

Now I had my small bench top wheel!

This is the only shot I took of the repairs,
as I got side tracked talking to the owner of the lights.
On the wheel, the upper anvil is brass, I thought it would be steel.
This thing is heavy, 7-8 kilos, cast iron frame. Works good!
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Old 05-05-2015, 03:56 PM
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Good score Jeffery!
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Old 05-06-2015, 12:39 PM
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Oh-so much nicer than my lil' Grizzly junker.
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Old 05-07-2015, 03:51 AM
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Nice score. Hope to do that well one day too.
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Old 05-07-2015, 11:02 AM
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Call me jealous, that is sure a nice designed hand held wheel, unfortunately there is slim to no chance to finde something like that in germany/europe.
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Old 05-07-2015, 11:59 AM
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Call me jealous, that is sure a nice designed hand held wheel, unfortunately there is slim to no chance to finde something like that in germany/europe.

Watch your auctions over there. A wheel extremely similar to the one above just sold here days ago on ebay for $175, which is less than many of the cheap bench tops:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-MINI...p2047675.l2557

Also search under "vintage fender roller", not everybody uses "English wheel". Here's what turns up under "vintage fender roller", sold a few days ago also:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vtg-1940s-Er..._Tools&vxp=mtr
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Old 05-09-2015, 10:19 AM
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Thank you very much for the helpful hints, someday i might be able to score, or the god of tools just drops one in front of my door...
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