Newby from NW Kent UK

[Mike Whelan]

Hi Stuart,

I'm also a retired engineer (i'm 78 years old).Several years ago I built a small English wheel (22 inch throat). I watched a lot of videos and read a lot but in the end I decided that personal tuition was needed. I went to several courses in the UK and found Geoff Moss (ex Aston Martin) very good. He is located in Devon.

Mike (nr Trier, Germany)

[Jaroslav]

Stuart, don't take your pants down when the ford is still far away...
Make several smaller trial pieces. Try to work so that the sheet is always soft. A paper template will help a lot. It will show you where to lengthen the fibers and where to shorten them. Show your project and get lots of advice. You can then choose the path that will be good for you.

[stueeee]

Originally Posted by Mike Whelan

Hi Stuart,

I'm also a retired engineer (i'm 78 years old).Several years ago I built a small English wheel (22 inch throat). I watched a lot of videos and read a lot but in the end I decided that personal tuition was needed. I went to several courses in the UK and found Geoff Moss (ex Aston Martin) very good. He is located in Devon.

Mike (nr Trier, Germany)

What a coincidence... Since writing my intro I have also spent 5 days with Geoff Moss at MPH Motor Panels, now located in Cornwall. Learned a huge amount during my time there. Also learnt that I have a huge amount to learn. Here's what Geoff was just finishing when I arrived.




Here I am using the Ranalah wheel that's in the photo above.






Here's my wheel back at my workshop.








Really enjoyed my time at Geoff's, there's self catering accomodation on site which like the course, was quite reasonably priced.

[dwmh]

That looks a really nice wheel, Stuart. You won't be able to blame your tools, with that one.