Of Interest: Serious wheel

[weldtoride]

This is an older post but I thought it very interesting. It's a powered wheel that "Has rolled 5083 aluminium plates to 8mm thick without a problem". That's 5/16" for those of us with the arcane scales often found in the USA:

http://www.boatdesign.net/forums/mar...eel-32256.html

I would love to see this thing in operation, I imagine a team operation, with one person in charge of steering?

[Phillip Townrow]

thanks for the article, 8 mm 5083 is very hard stuff and it cracks if you bend it too sharp,
you are right in that they would have needed a team,
thanks again

[weldtoride]

Originally Posted by weldtoride

I would love to see this thing in operation, I imagine a team operation, with one person in charge of steering?

Is it bad forum form to quote oneself? If not, here is a video of a powered wheel, not the same one above, but also used for boat building.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpINSGelHKs

I hope you enjoy it, as I did.

[MetalShaper]

cool video.