[jagmold]

I have read here an E-wheel frame should not exist on (transport) wheels in use. Why chase it around the shop? I have also read here the lighter the upper wheel, the less moumentum to acc-dec with each stroke. I read somewhere else the upper wheel is easier to align with the work if it is 6" wide. Its work is only done in the center - under the anvil wheel.

I have a HF wheel set. I am abandoning the upper for a 9" dia. 5" wide design nearly half completed now. Wheel rim has .750 wall. Thinking abt CNC lightening flutes in the edges of the ID for hand grip to start motion at times. Will post pics when I figure out how to post. Reading . . .

I only have room in the shop for ONE big (56" throat) C-Frame, so am contemplating a quickchange head system for the E-wheel frame that allows Planishing, Louver Punching, Bead Rolling, as well as Wheeling. Will fill bottles with cable to be stretched - tensioned and concrete for compressive stiffness (cable, wedges, and wedgepots from pre-stressed concrete farm). Will require locking adjusters both top and bottom. Quickchange will happen from that point outward. Still thrashing the QC design. Ideas?