>   Here's a photo of the first panel of my engine
cowl.
>
>   Brian Trubee
>
>
>
>   Your good at that Brian. I was over at Harbor
Freight and saw the
>   English
>   wheel. That is a real bargain. Is that 6061 O or
6061 T6?
>
>   Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.
>
> Wow!!
>
> That would represent several do-overs for me..  :)
>
> Matt-


Beautiful work Brian.  Is your English Wheel the
Harbor Freight
model?   I have read some bad reviews about it on
the net,
particularly in getting the rollers aligned with
each other.    Jerry


Is it a deflection issue Jerry? If so it could be
beefed up with
some welded on steel in certain places.

Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.

It's the Harbor Freight model, it works pretty well, I
had to work a bit on the finish on the wheel and
anvils. Also, there is a bit of play in the mount that
holds the anvils, but I don't think it really makes a
difference, because the anvil will track the movement
of the metal. I had the privelege of using a real high
quality wheel once. It' was nice, but way out of my
price range. This one will do the job, and if needed,
I could do a bit of tuning and modification to get it
to work better.

If you were handy with a welder, you could weld up a
frame and buy the wheel and anvils from Harbor freight
for about $110. There are plans avialable for english
wheels, the wheel and anvils are the expensive/hard
parts to make. The frame is relatively simple.

Brian Trubee



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