Newby from NW Kent UK

[stueeee]

Hi to all, I'm a retired engineer these days and have been messing with old cars and motorbikes since I was a young teen. These days I have a well equipped workshop and enough ongoing projects to last till I'm about 120 years old. The particular reason for wanting to join this forum is that one of my projects -a 1930s single seat racer needs a new tail to be made in Aluminium. I have an English wheel here but at the moment, not the skill to make the best use of it, I am determined to change that, although it is likely that I will turn a lot of perfectly good ali sheet into scrap metal first.

Stuart

[dwmh]

Welcome to the forum Stuart. You should find all the help you need here.

[Marc Bourget]

Welcome,


Keep in mind, you also turned a lot of perfectly good paper into scrap learning to write. That and the current quest should not be considered a waste of either time or materials if responsibly approached!!

[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.