Cheap tool upgrades and creating a shaping station

[Hotflint]

I have added the next video in my endeavor to build and improve metalshaping tools to make them work better. I hope you enjoy my video. The english wheel is a cheap one that I upgraded and it work fantastic now!

https://youtu.be/l9OfagmGSW0

[metaldahlberg88]

Nice work on the improvements. Good guide for others trying to make improvements to this grade of wheeling machine. I did a similar exercise with an HF ewheel.

[Hotflint]

Originally Posted by metaldahlberg88

Nice work on the improvements. Good guide for others trying to make improvements to this grade of wheeling machine. I did a similar exercise with an HF ewheel.

Thank you! It makes a huge difference in how well the machine works now.

[fciron]

What was you solution to keeping there lower anvil from wiggling around?

I've been pondering a similar backbone for mine and I'd like to steady the longer anvil at the same time.

[Hotflint]

I should have shown it in the video, but I did 2 things. I drilled a spot on the lifter shaft for the setscrew to go into tighter. This was hard to keep it aligned when I did this, but it worked. Not sure if all of these cheap ones are like this, but it was still a little sloppy, I welded a piece of half inch plate to the side that I had drilled and installed a bronze self lubricating bushing and welded a rod down from the bottom anvil holder. This made it really rigid and still smoothly goes up and down

[fciron]

So the first mod keeps the sliding part from wiggling and the second one fixes the anvil holder to the slider?